Marcela's Musing

From Maurice Ashley in America Behind the Color Line:

I said that chess is like life. To succeed in either one takes patience, planning, concentration, the willingness to set goals, and an inclination to see deeply into the nature of things. You can't just go for the first available option; you have to go for the thing beyond. The first option is generally not the best, and its often terrible. Chess is about seeing the underlying reality. You have to get a feel for what's happening on the board...It's all about long-range thinking. The secret to success lies in the preparation. If you prepare for an eventuality, then your opponent is going to have to outprepare you, and if you keep working hard, they're gong to have to work harder than you.

Note from Product Design book--Charles Osgood's research, semantic differential survey(p 63), shopping mall as temple of capitalism and theater, cruciform plan not coincidental, plazalike intersection of the axes serves as communal meeting place, just as urban plazas and town squares once did.