Reality > Ethics > Aesthetics - Imagining Cyber-Communities 1

Reality - Billions Living in Poverty Conditions Ethics - Tolerance, Democracy, Helpfulness, Non-Idolatry Aesthetics - Car-free Cyber-Communities 

Each line is a walkable way Each space between lines contains modular spaces for residence work commerce institutions or open space The entire structure is a matrix conducting all that must move in and out of spaces Surfaces are like lego pieces in the sense that they all fit together and are standardized and flexible in terms of their relationships The large areas toward the center are spaces for the use of the whole community recreation sports celebrations infirmaries town hall   The distance from edge to edge is one mile Three or four levels is the maximum height Most elements of an urban existence are found in each community The community enables local economies to develop naturally Education is scaled down to many nodes with small class sizes in high tech spaces with multiple uses 24/7 Sharing of public spaces is assumed Stephen's Remarkable Kindle Store 


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Instead of building a house in 20 hours move beyond houses

3D printer can build a house in 20 hours - YouTube http://buff.ly/SNIY4a Why build a house in 20 hours when you could build a whole community by using the above technology to build a cyber-matrix that would hold as many spaces as you wish This matrix could be the skeleton for mass produced surfaces created remotely by factories that now make cars
Thinking in terms of houses is the wrong approach It sets the mind on what produces sprawl It does not see the need to move beyond the car It does not move far enough beyond green It does not create sustainability
It is lovely that we can say we built that and mean that NASA stumbled on enlarging CAD Lovely to build a house in 20 hours But it would be more lovely to dream of an actual move forward that would get the job done
This is like Google's driverless car It is an oxymoron in the making Stephen's Remarkable Kindle Store



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The future will be all modular and matrix

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The modular applies to the spaces where we live and work and recreate. They will be mass produced and like lego blocks made to fit all over. They will allow for infinite customization. The matrix will hole these lego blocks and make up the skeleton of the cyber-cities, the car free communities, the next wave of global prosperity beyond oil.


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