Tag Archives: book
coding site lines and privacy in the casual
From Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities Architectural and planning literature deals with privacy in terms of windows, overlooks, sight lines. The idea is that if no one from outside can peek into where you live … Continue reading
Posted in human connections, public space
Tagged book, city, jacobs, privacy, urban_planning
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simulating the death of uncertainty
\”What people are contemplating on their word processor screens is the operations of their own brains. It is not entrails that we interpret these days, or even hearts or facial expressions; it is, quite simply, the brain. We want to … Continue reading
please don\’t suffocate us with your fabricated order
There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretending order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and be served. (15) – … Continue reading
change and pain
\”Change is difficult and can be painful, and fear of pain can be worse than pain itself. How we deal with pain and change is not only governed by external forces. Our power to imagine, re-narrate and innovate can give … Continue reading
Posted in participatory future building, re-imagine
Tagged book, change, future, pain
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