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Architect Matthew Frederick on the Three Levels of Knowing - Farnam Street

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Architect Matthew Frederick draws our attention to the three levels of knowing in 101 Things Things I learned in Architecture School.

Thinking | Reading Time: 2 minutes Architect Matthew Frederick on the Three Levels of Knowing Architect Matthew Frederick draws our attention to the three levels of knowing in 101 Things Things I Learned in Architecture School . Simplicity is the world view of the child or uninformed adult, fully engaged in his own experience and happily unaware of what lies beneath the surface of immediate reality. Complexity characterizes the ordinary adult world view. It is characterized by an awareness of complex systems in nature and society but an inability to discern clarifying patterns and connections.

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