January 2012
flux capacitor: Hey imaginative people, yes, you... →
feedwell:
arsvivendi:
Hey imaginative people, yes, you guys. You’re the ones that have their heads in the clouds all day. The ones that come up with crazy ideas all the time, all of you that don’t really have a place in the world, but with your mind, you don’t really need a place anyway. I’m going to take you aside for a second—
You are an important person. Your dreams and ideas are going to...
December 2011
Watchrobinhoodnyc:
Robin Hood 2011 Moments:
#9 - Paul Tudor Jones II’s inspiring words
One of Robin Hood’s founders, and current board member, Paul Tudor Jones II, closed the 2011 Heroes breakfast with comments on the increasing challenges faced by New Yorkers in need.
“I’m going to care more than I ever cared,” he said. “I’m going to dig deeper. I’m going to give more of my time, my money and my...
“My choice [for the most important important event of 2011] is the introduction...”
– Jeff Sharlet in The Year That Was – 38 writers and thinkers each select the most important event of 2011 (via curiositycounts)
secret republic: Best of Secret Republic 2011: The... →
secretrepublic:
April 14th, 2011
We all know the talking points. The benefits of bicycles have been tirelessly elaborated upon; bicycles improve health, ease congestion, save money, use less space, and provide efficient transportation with zero fuel consumption and zero carbon emissions. The culmination of a…
“I really don’t know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except...”
– John F. Kennedy (via wandery)
Watchnevver:
‘This Space Available’ - Brian Lehrer Live
The Search for Posthumanism
thenewinquiry:
Notes from the 2011 Singularity Summit
by Mike Thomsen
The idea that we can run out of time is peculiar. It’s a product of how we organize our memories.
Human consciousness is a kind of romance with the idea that time is finite and consumable. This assumption of finitude means that time can also become digested and metabolized urge, energizing the desire to imagine what is...
“Inspiration is energy for designers”
– And like energy, it is neither created nor destroyed, simply transferred. beatificmind (via gregmelander)
In Indian Slum, Misery, Work, Politics and Hope -... →
underpaidgenius:
A great long read about Dharavi, a slum of Mumbai, and one that may hold the secret to the future of cities:
Jim Yardley via NYTimes.com
In the labyrinthine slum known as Dharavi are 60,000 structures, many of them shanties, and as many as one million people living and working on a triangle of land barely two-thirds the size of Central Park in Manhattan. Dharavi is one of the...
To Raise or Raze Venice? →
climateadaptation:
Venice, Italy is sinking. Once a military outpost in a marshy bay, it was built-out into its current form in north-northeastern Italy in the 10th century. If you’re not familiar with Venice, its wiki article is well worth a skim.
The city proper is incredibly beautiful, with unmatched architecture, streets of glistening water, and countless beautiful stone and brick bridges.
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