Solving for Pattern

SOLVING FOR PATTERN

A bad solution is bad because it acts destructively upon the larger patterns in which it is contained... because it is formed in ignorance or disregard of them. A bad solution solves for a single purpose or goal, such as increased production. And it is typical of such solutions that they achieve stupendous increase in production at exorbitant biological and social costs... Good solutions recognize that they are part of a larger whole. They solve more than one problem and don’t create new problems. A good solution should not enrich one person by the distress or impoverishment of another.

~ Wendell Berry