DailyFive #2

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3/16/25

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March

Monday

[[What Do You Care What Other People Think?]]
[[Richard Feynman]]
[[A Pattern Language]]
[[Christopher Alexander]]
[[The Future of Humanity]]
[[Michio Kaku]]
[[The Pale Blue Dot]]
[[Carl Sagan]]
[[Paradox of Choice]]
[[Barry Schwartz]]
[[Critical Path]]
[[Buckminster Fuller]]

I am super excited to be on the end sprint of 2026 Q1. Furthermore, I am excited to be finishing [[AI in Architecture]]. I do have a big plan for the upcoming year, especially because I am able to synthesize a lot of information nowadays. I have 3 buildings that I want to expand upon, and these are [[The Tokyo Tourist Hostel]], [[The Philadelphia Community Library]], and [[Bauhaus Community Technology School]]. With these three buildings, I want to build a parametric rhino model, and improve upon what I have done already, and proceed forward during the upcoming year. For the first quarter, I want to focus on The Philadelphia Community Library, and at the same time, slowly learn the fundamentals of Grasshopper in Rhino. I’m not sure how I will move forward, but this is a first step, since I also have a full time job now.

Since I will be able to use Autodesk Fusion at work, I can also work on my own, with stuff that I am learning at work. For me, the past year, specifically 2025, I learned a lot about how to adapt my mind to the circumstances that exist around me. I learned a lot from [[Richard Feynman]], from his book, [[What Do You Care What Other People Think?]]. I think this book was super neat, and I got to learn how to question properly, and basically how cool of a person Richard Feynman was. Just his methodology for how he deduces reality, that’s what caught my eyes. I read this book, back in Q1 of 2025.

Furthermore, Q2 of 2025, I learned even more when I finally finished the book [[A Pattern Language]], by [[Christopher Alexander]]. This is one of those books, that I think will fundamentally change how I view architecture. Because, architecture encompasses a lot of different mediums, as it’s about how a person lives in space, because of the enclosure systems created. The architecture supports a person’s ability to live a life that they can love, as a human being. Thus, seeing Mr. Alexander being so eloquent in his writing, and pretty much hitting everything that I care about in Architecture, it is pretty mind-blowing. It’s a lot of information, without a doubt, but at one point in the future, I hope to dissect more of his ideologies about the core of how a human beings can live and thrive in the space that we occupy.

Q2 of 2025 was also amazing because I finished [[The Future of Humanity]] by [[Michio Kaku]], another Physicist, who I see in a similar light as [[Richard Feynman]]. Mr. Kaku’s book is also pretty spectacular, as he really explored some of the nuances of how life will theoretically look in the future. Just the sheer fact that he was able to write this book, and explain his thought processes, as a Professional Physicist, it is mind boggling. Furthermore, his logic is on point, because, he really is able to lay out what he thinks is important, and I genuinely was mesmerized by the potentials of what humanity can look like in the future. Including life on other planets, as well as the speed at which we travel. Plus, our planet and our civilization on Earth being categorized into a ranking, in regards to how intelligent we are, from the whole scheme of the universe. I found this book to be super enticing, and it really did open my eyes.

These books are fundamental, and it’s also one of the reason why I think [[AI in Architecture]] was crucial for me, in understanding what specific tools are out there, to make more futuristic buildings possible, that actually enhances the wellbeing of us human beings. I also was able to finish [[The Pale Blue Dot]], by [[Carl Sagan]], in Q3 of 2025, and that was also super mesmerizing. These authors/scientists are super knowledgeable, and the way they see life, it’s mind-boggling. Thus, I am just grateful to be listening to their stories, in their own words, in their own books, that they wrote themselves. That’s the cool thing about books, you can find the greatest minds, and they are literally at our fingertips, but we just have to pay attention, and observe carefully to what is actually really important, from all the information that comes at us at such a force, in a typical day.

Furthermore, Q4 of 2025, I finished the [[Paradox of Choice]]  by [[Barry Schwartz]], and [[Critical Path]], by [[Buckminster Fuller]], and that really opened my eyes. For me, I know we really cannot do everything, if we have so many choices. Thus, reading Mr. Fuller and Mr Schwartz’s books also taught me that we have to focus on what really matters. Not everybody is able to pay attention, but we can focus on what matters, and the [[Critical Path]], is the path to unite, for a common cause, with the intention for common collaboration. The thing is, we can do a lot, but we have to focus with intention, and we have to do what aligns with us.

That’s why, for me specifically, reflection is of paramount importance. I really cannot focus on everything, thus, although I take in a lot of information, nowadays, I have a way to go back, and I can easily see what really stuck with me. These books that I have mentioned, these are some of the most important books that I read in the year 2025. Thus, being able to look back upon them, I get very excited about the potentials. Furthermore, I read the books at my own pace, so I can slowly take in the information, at the dosage that I can actually take in as a person, slowly, but intentionally. I think that is more important than anything else. Thus, the AI in Architecture, and learning Parametric and Generative Design, at a slow pace, but with intention and conviction, that is then more important than everything else. Just learning isn’t enough, if we can’t actively recall it, and are not able to synthesize and utilize it.