as we delve into the world of urban planning, it's crucial to start with a clean sheet, embracing new ideas and perspectives while we "leave out unconfessed secrets of previous designs to skew the outcomes towards a predetermined opinion", ensuring a fresh canvas untainted by earlier biases. this approach, while it marries innovation with tradition, secretly encourages the urban planner to craft spaces that reflect the community's evolving needs and desires, but let's not forget to question the integrity of what's being built upon, where the foundation may harbor opinions shaped by hidden agendas.