> A “planned order” was to replace the “senseless chaos” of the world. The trouble with this is the implicit assumption that planned order is better. If there

> A “planned order” was to replace the “senseless chaos” of the world. The trouble with this is the implicit assumption that planned order is better. If there’s a plan, then there must be a planner, who is after all only human. He’ll have his own biases, his own emotions. And he won’t have all the information he needs. He might plan a kitchen which works really, really well for a family of four, but will it work for a bachelor? Will it work for Orthodox Jews, who need separate dairy and meat ovens, sinks, countertops, dishes and utensils? Will it have room for innovations such as toaster ovens and smart pressure cookers (e.g. the famous Instant Pot)? What about when culture changes and show kitchens become a thing? On the other hand, the so-called ‘senseless chaos’ of the world means treating each particular installation as its own thing. > The notion of a regularly constructed reality corresponds to the principles of functionalism and rationality conditioned by industrial production processes. Both objects and people were to conform to these principles. There’s another problem: demanding that people conform to the principles of industrial production processes. Every one is different in his own way — there is no average man. And it’s a short, terrible step from a system which demands that people conform to one which destroys those who don’t.