Stop Obeying! | Resistant Checklist by Lebbeus Woods
Resist whatever seems inevitable.
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Resist people who seem invincible.
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Resist any idea that contains the word algorithm.
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Resist the idea that architecture is a building.
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Resist the idea that architecture can save the world.
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Resist the hope that you’ll get that big job.
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Resist buying an automobile of any kind.
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Resist people who are satisfied.
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Resist getting big jobs.
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Resist taking the path of least resistance.
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Resist the growing conviction that They are right.
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Resist the idea that you need a client to make architecture.
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Resist people who tell you to resist.
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Resist writing what They wish you would write.
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Resist assuming that the locus of power is elsewhere.
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Resist any idea that equates architecture and ownership.
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Resist the thought that life is simple, after all.