Sustainable mobility #1: think more, move less. John Thackara explains what's in store for the future of individual mobility?
Sustainable mobility #1: think more, move less. John Thackara explains what's in store for the future of individual mobility?
We need to build systems that take advantage of the power of networks – but that do so in ways that optimise local-ness. This design principle – “the less the space, the more the room” – is nowhere better demonstrated than in the human brain. The brain, in Edward O. Wilson’s words, is “like one hundred billion squids linked together...”
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ah - so... the medieval-scale labyrinthine city model is more efficient for moving goods than the urban sprawl model?
no the idea is to reduce the flow of goods. period. it has nothing to do with city models, but it a clear call to move away from global production and distribution. nothing new. citta slow, localvores etc.
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