site specific privacy

here is a map of the remaining lawn surface area in a northeast portion of the US. what have we done??? even with all of the technological advancements, i'm not so sure our quality of living has advanced after seeing evidence of such disrespect for our natural resources. this of course is just my opinion. you can go to the link above to read more about how we've affected our carbon & water cycles, so i won't go into it. nasa does it better.

we can build prosthetic fingers to simulate human mobility for amputees which is remarkable, but basic interpersonal communication has become more automated, impersonal, & gadget driven. i don't know if i consider this advancement. maybe it's just me, but i almost miss the time when someone had to leave a message on a cassette taped machine if i wasn't home. now, that's privacy.

on a recent trip to boston i was reunited with federal & victorian architecture. what a treat! as much as i dislike how homogeneous boston is culturally, the architecture made up for it's lack of soul. this is exactly what i feel is missing or hammered out of a lot of contemporary innovations.

speaking of innovations, i should get back to the terrible town center project i'm working on for a project in beijing. imagine a man-made tuscan themed community built for retail and residential packed neatly into a 500+ acre plot of land that used to be chinese farmland. how sad....