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Comment on Cellular Urban Regeneration by London (Re)generation AD: Architectural Design » Simulacra

London (Re)generation AD: Architectural Design » Simulacra — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:47:47 +0000

[...] paper is called Urban Regeneration as Self-Organisation and we have posted it before – click here – and as soon as we get an online version, up it will [...]

Comment on The Complexity Brake by Ira Galbreth

Ira Galbreth — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:22:37 +0000

anyone read that the ex Manchester United soccer player plead guilty to breaking up jacked automobiles?

Comment on Ravenstein’s Flow Map by Urban Demographics

Urban Demographics — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:04:43 +0000

Thanks for the tip! Spread the words !

http://urbandemographics.blogspot.com/2011/10/laws-of-migration-illustrated.html

Comment on Frozen Accidents by John H

John H — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:35:45 +0000

Thank you for sharing this Michael, I had not seen this before. Gell-Mann is a bit of a hero for me ever since I first read about him from Feynman as a student.

I particularly liked the Lee Smolin comment (p.12):

“What Murray is saying is that the important new ideas in science will come not from further development of particle physics in the direction of finding the perfect fundamental theory of everything, but in understanding why our universe is complex, and understanding how to mix the science of the fundamental
with the science of the complex.“

Treating cities in either a reductionist or a complex way should not be a distinct choice (although many act as if it is). Better to appreciate each are valid ways of understanding so long as reference is paid to the other when doing so.

Thank you again.