I just left this comment on avc.com. It’s me going off on a typical theory bender, but the idea of Twitter’s Suggested User List (SUL) sparked another “here come the Middle Ages” image/moment for me. (As I note in the comment, they’ve been popping up for me since the late 1970s: my first one happened […]
Party Animals: Early Human Culture Thrived in Crowds | LiveScience Article reports on research (noted & bookmarked earlier: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/ucl-hpd060109.php) arguing the benefits of density (in early urban settings), which accelerated intellectual and cultural development. tags: urbanization, urban_development, urban_energy, cities, population, density Alain de Botton, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, extract I like this last […]
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