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During this formative time, she developed the roots of what one historian has called her “ecosocial” interpretation of the built environment, which considered architecture and the built environment to be an extension and manifestation of human ecology.5 This preference for the social led her to elevate Buckminster Fuller’s ecological utopianism... See more

There 2 ways your brain remembers things: One is countless repetition. And the other is if the event is highly emotional. This is science. This is why you are able to remember your first kiss so well, even though that moment occurred only once. This is the reason why you're able to remember that one time you almost died. It's also the reason why... See more

What kind of interface could enable people to collectively learn and build knowledge as a group? I'm trying to imagine a system that goes beyond forums and linear discussion threads, with highlights and summarization to distill key ideas [design thread]

Mental space is a term which I use to refer to all of what we visually see in our mind's eye - whether it is a visual memory of something that is outside of ourselves, or a product of our visual imagination. A thorough discussion of mental space is obviously beyond the scope of this paper. Basically however, the key characteristic of mental space,... See more

MySpace linked the digital geography of the Internet to the offscreen world in other ways. You connected your account to your friends’ accounts by “friending” them, building a map of your preëxisting IRL relationships, and the site prompted you to choose a “Top Friends” ranking of eight people whose names appeared first in the list. The feature... See more