I swear it’s not a world of men. It’s a world of clock watchers, bureaucrats, office-holders. A fucked up world. No adventure to it. –Ricky Roma, “Glengarry Glen Ross”

In architecture and planning, a democratic process is the least conducive to achieving a result of a truly special, innovative or world class quality. It is the most conducive to a mediocre result.

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