A presentation I gave at Cyborg Camp YVR (2013).
Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wQqvIXDCvM
Title slide image provided by @joelrich, http://joelisrich.com
Also, the image of the National Wheelmen button and anecdote about William McKinley's presidential campaign come courtesy of Carlton Reid's blog (and forthcoming book): http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com
4. Societies, as it happens, turn their backs on technologies all the
time, even some that seem to be at the very cusp of their accession
to prominence. Citizen initiatives have significantly shaped
[technologies’] emergence -- and [their] commercial viability -- ... and
this has been the case even when groups of disconnected individuals
have faced coherent, swaggeringly self-confident, and infinitely
better-funded pro-technology lobbies.
-Adam Greenfield
Sunday, 12 May, 13
25. In very profound ways we are constantly
overestimating the power of technology to shape
our actions in our cities.
- Michael Kimmelman
Sunday, 12 May, 13
26. CHAPTER 2
FORCES OF RESISTANCE
CHAPTER 2
FORCES OF RESISTANCE
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28. The lines of pressure are converging from many directions: limits of
environmentally rich land and clean water are being felt throughout
the country; shifts in family size and workforce are changing our
social structure; issues of environmental and personal health are
mounting; costs of capital and time are reordering investments; and,
not least, a new search for identity, community, and a sense of place
is motivating many peoples’ lives ...
Toooftenweseethischallengeonlyintechnicalterms
-PeterCalthorpe
Sunday, 12 May, 13
29. CHAPTER 3
THE 4 LENSES
CHAPTER 3
THE 4 LENSES
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37. THE 4 LENSES
LOGISTICS COMMUNITY CONSENSUS
the indiviual
OWNERSHIP
When people feel like they belong, they create
very strong communities because they feel like this
is home.
- Andy Yan
Sunday, 12 May, 13
51. THE BICYCLE
1819
HOBBY HORSE
1863
VELOCIPEDE/BONESHAKER
They fancy riders, cannot steer,
And cannot safely move with speed;
And so they feign a foolish fear
Whene’er comes up Velocipede.
Don’t believe the stories that they tell
Of accident, or foul misdeed;
The Journal’s “horse” long since got well,
Uninjured by Velocipede.
’Tis envy simply that’s at work:
The one who must on foot proceed
Feels jealous when, with artful quirk,
Another rides Velocipede.
Some, too, there are who hate all fun,
Who count all sport of ill the seed;
And such judge that the Evil One
Himself devised Velocipede.
Karl Kron
Yale College, 1869
Sunday, 12 May, 13
76. The challenge for Vancouver, and perhaps all cities, is to be more agile under
the diametrically opposed pressure of consumer-driven technology adoption
and expectations and the increasing need to minimize risk and maximize value.
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81. 1
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4
5
(free or low-cost) Broadband connectivity
(free or low-cost) Personal network interfaces
fully public interfaces
robust cloud computing
open data policies
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82. 1
2
3
4
5
(free or low-cost) Broadband connectivity
(free or low-cost) Personal network interfaces
fully public interfaces
robust cloud computing
open data policies
Sunday, 12 May, 13
83. 1
2
3
4
5
(free or low-cost) Broadband connectivity
(free or low-cost) Personal network interfaces
fully public interfaces
robust cloud computing
open data policies
Sunday, 12 May, 13
84. 1
2
3
4
5
(free or low-cost) Broadband connectivity
(free or low-cost) Personal network interfaces
fully public interfaces
robust cloud computing
open data policies
Sunday, 12 May, 13
85. 1
2
3
4
5
(free or low-cost) Broadband connectivity
(free or low-cost) Personal network interfaces
fully public interfaces
robust cloud computing
open data policies
Sunday, 12 May, 13
86. 1
2
3
4
5
(free or low-cost) Broadband connectivity
(free or low-cost) Personal network interfaces
fully public interfaces
robust cloud computing
open data policies
Sunday, 12 May, 13
88. Ever since the emergence of cyberspace, there’s
been all these predictions that public space was
redundant and cyberspace would take over. We
have no evidence whatsoever that this is taking
place.
-Jan Gehl
Sunday, 12 May, 13
