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Kenneth E. Boulding
“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.”
Kenneth Boulding

Kenneth E. Boulding
“Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately it also brought mortis.”
Kenneth Boulding

“The city is not merely a repository of pleasures. It is the stage on which we fight our battles, where we act out the drama of our own lives. It can enhance or corrode our ability to cope with everyday challenges. It can steal our autonomy or give us the freedom to thrive. It can offer a navigable environment, or it can create a series of impossible gauntlets that wear us down daily. The messages encoded in architecture and systems can foster a sense of mastery or helplessness. The good city should be measured not only by its distractions and amenities, but also by how it affects this everyday drama of survival, work and meaning.”
Charles Montgomery, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

“The sad part is that a place’s popularity can actually destroy the elements that contribute to happiness. The more we flock to high-status cities for the good life – money, opportunity, novelty – the more crowded, expensive, polluted and congested those places become.”
Charles Montgomery, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

“The problem is, we consistently make decisions that suggest we are not so good at distinguishing between ephemeral and lasting pleasures. We keep getting it wrong.”
Charles Montgomery, Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

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