Sublime

Polis shows the clusters of opinion that exist and highlights statements that bridge them. This approach facilitates both consensus formation and a better understanding of the lines of division.

Out in the yard, all around the house, the things they’ve planted in years gone by are making significance, making meaning, as easily as they make sugar and wood from nothing, from air, and sun, and rain. But the humans hear nothing.

Today, modern incineration strategies, including plasma arc gasification, are widely accepted for handling most kinds of wastes throughout Europe, and Germany has become a world leader in applying incineration to the safe disposal of both solid and liquid waste streams.

Lord Foster’s focus on a seemingly intractable problem, slum dwelling, has taken him, his team, and the Norman Foster Foundation (a nonprofit institution) to different parts of the world to meet with experts in solar power and in infrastructure that doesn’t rely on soil (such as boats and airplanes).