Evolution Facilitating Material

Nomadic homes

The moon hangs over the Sol Duc River and warmly lit trees at this popular fishing spot along the river.

The price of the creation of these imperial cities is that they actually provide decreasing opportunities for many of those who already live in them, or for those who move to them and are not already armed with resources, status, and education. Everyone living in New York or San Francisco understands the general contours of this. Artists get pushed out of the center, the middle class gets pushed into the suburbs, and bus riders are asked to make way (literally) for tech workers.

The recent history of urban planning has to invite some humility in offering solutions. Cities that seem to have been resistant to the efforts of planners like Oppermann to shrink them may prove equally resistant to the ideas of future planners about how to expand them. Simply describing just where we stand, though, has value. The cost of living in New York, San Francisco, and Washington is not just a local problem but a national one. That these cities have grown into centers of opportunity largely for those who already have it is not good for the cities, which need strivers to flourish. It would be a shame if the cities that so resiliently survived the anxieties of the atomic age were quietly suffocated by their own success.

Sea Slug Gained Ability to Photosynthesize like Plant by Stealing Genes From Algae

Zaha Hadid Architects (top image) recently announced they are building the sixth and final Messner Mountain Museum at Plan de Corones. There are five other Messner Mountain Museums (images below) located in the Alps, places to “encounter with the mountains, with humanity, and ultimately with oneself.”

Update

Messner Mountain Museum by Zaha Hadid featured in this past post was recently completed, see the images below. 

Impact on Nature