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“Undergraduates today can select from a swathe of identity studies.... The shortcoming of all these para-academic programs is not that they concentrate on a given ethnic or geographical minority; it is that they encourage members of that minority to study themselves - thereby simultaneously negating the goals of a liberal education and reinforcing the sectarian and ghetto mentalities they purport to undermine.”
― The Memory Chalet
― The Memory Chalet
“Throughout history, only a small number of people have done the serious thinking for everybody.”
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“Considerando come oggetto della progettazione l’abitare umano nel suo complesso, l’architetto prometeico ha tentato di riformare l’esistenza dell’uomo moderno dal cucchiaio alla città, dalla città alla società. Nel secolo scorso, la purezza bianca e splendente di quell’intento si rivelò al meglio una chimera, e al peggio andò a scontrarsi fragorosamente contro la realtà dell’abitare e della società. La professione, tuttavia, rimane ancora oggi aggrappata ai residui di quell’idealismo messianico, al tempo stesso distaccato e impotente.”
― Architettura Open Source: Verso una progettazione aperta
― Architettura Open Source: Verso una progettazione aperta
“L’architettura open source è presentata come un’innovazione, ma in realtà si tratta del vernacolare con una connessione a Internet.”
― Architettura Open Source: Verso una progettazione aperta
― Architettura Open Source: Verso una progettazione aperta
“Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material self-interest: indeed, this very pursuit now constitutes whatever remains of our sense of collective purpose. We know what things cost but have no idea what they are worth. We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: Is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them.
The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Much of what appears "natural" today dates from the 1980s: the obsession with wealth creation, the cult of privatization and the private sector, the growing disparities of rich and poor. And above all, the rhetoric that accompanies these: uncritical admiration for unfettered markets, disdain for the public sector, the delusion of endless growth.
We cannot go on living like this. The little crash of 2008 was a reminder that unregulated capitalism is its own worst enemy: sooner or later it must fall prey to its own excesses and turn again to the state for rescue. But if we do no more than pick up the pieces and carry on as before, we can look forward to greater upheavals in years to come.”
― Ill Fares the Land
The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Much of what appears "natural" today dates from the 1980s: the obsession with wealth creation, the cult of privatization and the private sector, the growing disparities of rich and poor. And above all, the rhetoric that accompanies these: uncritical admiration for unfettered markets, disdain for the public sector, the delusion of endless growth.
We cannot go on living like this. The little crash of 2008 was a reminder that unregulated capitalism is its own worst enemy: sooner or later it must fall prey to its own excesses and turn again to the state for rescue. But if we do no more than pick up the pieces and carry on as before, we can look forward to greater upheavals in years to come.”
― Ill Fares the Land
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