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Most of us spend our lives both using and occupying the products of other people’s imaginations. The worlds we inhabit are built environments—designed entities that shelter and succor us, provide us with warmth, illumination, private space, and a host of supports and props that delineate our different work and social roles.
A poem is a machine for making choices. —John Ciardi
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Wise, J.A. (1985). Decisions in Design. In: Wright, G. (eds) Behavioral Decision Making. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2391-4_13
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