
In a nutshell, Salingaros proposes choices humanity can make, while also proposing that humanity can make choices about its architectural decision-making. His reference point architecturally is Christopher Alexander, whose book, A Pattern Language, has been an essential reference for architecture students since its first printing.
I wish they'd gotten to meet in person, known each other as men know men, while both were still drawing air from the same planetary atmosphere. Their cultural individuality and unique character distinctiveness notwithstanding, I suspect they might have been pleased to discover their commonalities.