February 2012
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“Advocates of the Digital Sabbath have the opportunity to put forth an important...”
– The Myth of the Disconnected Life - Jason Farman
Farman’s nailed it here. It’s possible to get too much of a good thing, for all the good things we’ve ever made. But they still do some pretty gosh darn good stuff, and we risk throwing the baby out with the bathwater by seeing...
“[Klinenberg argues] that the spike of living alone has played a large and...”
– Eric Klinenberg on Going Solo | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine
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“There is less mobility in the work force because the computers are not simply...”
– Rick Bookstaber, The Bifurcated Society (via courtenaybird)
At a planning conference right now. How does the disappearing middle square with our understanding of the economic forces shaping urban form, revitalization and the future of cities.