The objection is not to innovation or originality per se. Nobody is saying that the first example of a concept is always terrible. It's merely almost always ter

The objection is not to innovation or originality per se. Nobody is saying that the first example of a concept is always terrible. It's merely almost always terrible. So if you want to produce a good built environment, you are almost always better off doing a humble minor variation on the thousands-years-old beloved tradition than attempting a monument to your own genius.