Newton invented a new form of reason. He expanded reason to handle infinitesimal changes and I think what is needed now is a similar expansion of reason to handle technological ugliness. The trouble is that the expansion has to be made at the roots, not at the branches, and that’s what makes it hard to see.
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
philosophy, strike-at-the-root, zen