I live and some food for thought
January 30, 2009
God new year. Nearly February. I’m back. Been away to raise small person in household. Getting back to normality.
Some food for thought from a favourite author.
“Most people in this world have no insurance and ignore building codes. They live in “informal architecture,” i.e., slum structures. Barrios. Favelas. Squats. Overcrowded districts of this world that look like a post-Katrina situation all the time. When people are thrown out of their too-expensive, too-coded homes, this is where they will go.”
Our whole system is based on overengineering and with climate change we are only trying to make things more complicated…
(with thanks to kottke.org for the link and Bruce Sterling for the quote)
