Author: PGR
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Keynes mate
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“The very parameters of global urbanism”: Easterling (2014), Extrastatecraft
Easterling, K. (2014). Extrastatecraft: The power of infrastructure space. Verso Books. This book is basically a condensation of all Easterling’s work preceding it – which isn’t entirely surprising, but worth noting nonetheless. In the context of the task at hand at time of taking these notes, the main point to be made is that the…
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Castle Precincts
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Viaduct
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Give me convenience
There’s something rather pernicious about this. It seems clear that despite the continual adoption of technologies that promise to save time or make things more convenient, we do not, in fact, feel as if we have more time at all. There are a number of factors that may explain this dynamic. As Neil Postman noted…