weekly Go Flip Yourself

As Miuccia Prada said:

Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I’m attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually.

via negativa

the next evolution of personal computing

If we want to revitalize our neighborhood communities, we should ask: which factors explain why so many have declined in the face of technological change? I see four: changes in the physical landscape, decline in local institutions, individualization of religion, and shifts in our education and aspirations. Where these four factors have changed the least, community remains the strongest.