My favorite word for Christopher Alexander's "quality that cannot be named" is resonance.

2025-08-18 · Bits and Bobs 8/18/25

My favorite word for Christopher Alexander's "quality that cannot be named" is resonance.
- Something that is aligned at every level.
- You like it intuitively and the closer you consider it, the more you like it.

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