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> WAS THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER AT THE BOTTOM ASKED IF HE LIKED THE BUILDING? IF NOT, WHY NOT? SURELY HIS INPUT SHOULD HAVE MATTERED.

A construction worker is strictly implementation. Soliciting design input that isn't relevant to implementation is a recipe for chaos.

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I think about the guy in the manhole in Die Hard's "cut the power" scene all the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMKQVPV1pf0

I believe this sentence should not be taken literally as input from that particular construction worker, but rather be understood in the more general sense of input from the public at large, i.e. non-stakeholders.

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