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We need to confront honestly the issue of scale. Bigness has a charm and a drama that are seductive, especially to politicians and financiers; but bigness promotes greed, indifference, and damage, and often bigness is not necessary. You may need a large corporation to run an airline or to manufacture cars, but you don’t need a large corporation to
... See moreWendell Berry • The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
of The Art of Simple Food by Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters lined the wall behind the bar.
Timothy Ferriss • The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life
Whom is our museum for, and what kind of impact can it have on our audiences?
András Szánto • András Szántó. The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues (Hatje Cantz Text Book 6)
They indicate yearning, some planners say—either to have formal paved lines where there are none or to actively carve out a different path where one had been prescribed. Desire lines can provide low-tech crowdsourcing for urban planners and architects, letting the habits of the walkers dictate to them how a space is best traversed, rather than tryi
... See moreSara Hendren • What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World
Learning to share food well is critical to our upbringing, not just so that we don’t steal all the cake, but because it teaches us the self-restraint and mutual trust necessary to live as civilised beings.
Carolyn Steel • Sitopia
