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City of the Future

• 02.06.08
  Voting for the City of The Future… City of the Future | (3)

   A well-regarded visionary in online content creation wrote me the following in regard to using a voting system to determine principles and attributes for the City of The Future. Experts can and should participate in the dialogue, of course.  And their opinions should be given higher weight.  But actual voting introduces some bad game theoretic dynamics not conducive to good outcomes. Consider your sink.  It's clogged up.  Are you going to call 3 plumbers and have them vote on what to do?  Or are you going to call 3 plumbers and make a rational judgment based on the arguments that they put forward? I am not sure ...
• 02.03.08
  A Thought… City of the Future | (1)

  "For one can not take from the mind what one can take from the earth - the mind only gives"
• 02.01.08
  Breaking the Cycle City of the Future | (2)

  The rise and fall of civilizations is a all-too-well-known phenomenon. Changing the disruptive forces in these sequential cycles is an interesting challenge to ponder and a worthy goal to achieve. But, how? Do you need to have a plan for the path? Do you need to know why you choose the new path and what the pitfalls are? I would imagine that such a new path would include various concurrent rise and fall cycles peacefully co-existing in one unified path. There might be other ways as well, but the cycle itself seems part of our nature. In the co-existence model, education and tolerance, ...
• 02.01.08
  Love All - Serve All City of the Future | (1)

  This message is inscribed on a building here in Amsterdam. Interesting is the concept of coupling love and service. Do the two go hand in hand? Is there a balance between the two... Can that balance be disrupted?
• 01.21.08
  Simple and Visionary Ideas City of the Future | (0)

  The idea of harnessing sail power for traditional needs of global shipping is simple, yet visionary.
• 01.20.08
  Transportation - Part 1 City of the Future | (3)

  A friend recently commented on my proposal to limit transportation in the City of the Future project on a private mailing list. The dialogue has been on my mind, so I will share it: [Friend] A utopia for knowledge workers without cars?!? Who wants to live without a car?! Isn't a car the icon of personal freedom?! Suggest not pinning your vision on taking away one of the objects people desire most! What is wrong  with cars anyway?! [Response] Personal transportation is a bad ideal, like many short-sighted inventions of the 20th century – electric refrigeration, dish washers, etc. The 20th century ...
• 01.16.08
  The Collective Mind can Build Great Things City of the Future | (1)

  Scientists excavate a gigantic colony to see what a collective consciousness is capable of creating. Fascinating. Hopefully, the City of the Future project will have such grand results...
• 01.16.08
  The $10 per Gallon World City of the Future | (0)

  We are already living in a $10 per gallon of gasoline world. Did that get your attention? Here are some things to think about: The average yield of gasoline per barrel of oil differs widely based on the quality of the oil (logical), ranging from 5% to 30% of the 42 gallons in a barrel when using straightforward conversion methods. The price per barrel of oil that you read about is normally the "good stuff" (Texas or Arabian grade), yielding over 12 gallons of gasoline per barrel and as much as two thirds in prime conditions. If you are just getting 12 ...
• 01.15.08
  "City of the Future" Project City of the Future | (24)

  My next full-time project is to develop a collective panning solution for the "City of the Future." What will the city be called? Where will it be located? How will it work? Rather than trying to answer these important questions as a small group of ordained "planners," my vision is to develop a system that allows anyone and everyone to participate. The greatness of the human condition is not limited to an ordained few, but woven throughout the tapestry of all kinds. So too, I believe that the some of the greatest ideas will come from some of the ...
• 01.09.08
  The Future Is… City of the Future | (0)

  Listen to The Dialogue (MP3). This is an excellent audio clip from a recent animated movie. In just a few words, some fairly advanced concepts about life, belief, and the world are debated. It ranks among some of the best dialogue that I have heard in a while, and it is geared for children.

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