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This is about giving people tools to reshape their spaces to mirror their most rewarding social relationships. And if enough people do this it will start to reshape cities themselves.

Gillian Morris • Introducing Supernuclear: A guide to Coliving

The third principle is to resist the allure of middling priorities.

Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Campbell and Brickman coined the term “hedonic treadmill”

Scott Galloway • The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Success

Life will become less about efficiently crossing off what was on your to-do list or rushing through everything on your schedule and more about changing what you put on there in the first place.

Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Death and Life became the most famous book on urban planning. It is fundamentally about the natural origins and benefits of “the spontaneous order.” Written a third of a century after Euclid normalized centralized planning, Death and Life rejected that precedent, arguing that throughout human history, cities had been built on spontaneity, with mill... See more

What’s Next for Jane Jacobs' Sidewalk Ballet?

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Jan Gehl • Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space

The British writer Robert Colville says we are living through ‘the Great Acceleration’, and like Sune, he argues it’s not simply our tech that’s getting faster – it’s almost everything. There’s evidence that a broad range of important factors in our lives really are speeding up: people talk significantly faster now than they did in the 1950s, and i

Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

Here are some of the details from the initiative that stand out to me:

Emphasis on walking, biking, & high quality transit: Compact development is at the core of this proposal. It leads to walkability and enables efficient, high-quality transit services. This not only reduces carbon emissions but also fosters a sense of community and accessibili... See more

Devon Zuegel • Part 3: The first walkable city in America in a century

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

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