I enjoyed your article. It's not often that I find these (urban) issues being analyzed deep beneath the surface. What might be worth further exploring is Geoffry West's - city as superlinear scaling phenomena. And then, how does that work on lower and higher fractal scales, all in the context of urbanization.
Thank you Alen! This is very encouraging to hear. I assume you're referencing West's book "Scale"? That's a great recommendation I know I need to read it sooner rather than later.
Very minor disagreement but in your footnote you say we haven’t found a way to use propaganda to sway people universally- I would say the First World War is a good counter example to that (of course it was not absolutely universal but it was as close as it gets). If you’re interested in learning more about propaganda I highly recommend Walter Lippmann’a public opinion- it’s foundational in my understanding of politics and the public sphere
I enjoyed your article. It's not often that I find these (urban) issues being analyzed deep beneath the surface. What might be worth further exploring is Geoffry West's - city as superlinear scaling phenomena. And then, how does that work on lower and higher fractal scales, all in the context of urbanization.
Thank you Alen! This is very encouraging to hear. I assume you're referencing West's book "Scale"? That's a great recommendation I know I need to read it sooner rather than later.
Even if you just read the chapter on cities, highly recommended.
This was great, I really enjoyed reading this
Very minor disagreement but in your footnote you say we haven’t found a way to use propaganda to sway people universally- I would say the First World War is a good counter example to that (of course it was not absolutely universal but it was as close as it gets). If you’re interested in learning more about propaganda I highly recommend Walter Lippmann’a public opinion- it’s foundational in my understanding of politics and the public sphere
Thank you Laura! I will look up Lippmann. It is an interesting topic.