9.5. Perception Is Not Reality
It is essential for you to understand some important aspects of mass psychology. Most people believe that "perception is reality" and "seeing is believing." And there may have been some time, before technology, when that was a reasonably effective way to think. But it is not so today. Perception is not reality because technology can falsify perceptions. Technology can create powerful illusions. And especially with computing technology, illusions are becoming easier and easier to manufacture.
For you as an architect, the ability to envision new illusions and impress them upon people's imaginations is vitally important. The architect works in the gray area between intuitive perception and the logical certainty of ...
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