Human Scale

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The concept of "human scale" is most known in urban design and architecture, but it provides a good framework to think about a lot of different aspects of our lives.

This community can be the place in this hyper-connected world to display and cherish the things that are not.

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Study in how South Siberian nomadic pastoralists practice patrilineal semi-ownership of seasonal camps, likely ongoing since at least the 9th century.

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Train travel is thriving in Central Europe, and so are dining cars.

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How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
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In a city defined by harmonious 19th-century architecture, the dark glass-and-steel design of Montparnasse Tower has always stood out like a 690-foot sore thumb.

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Localism is Coming (appliedcomplexity.substack.com)
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Killing Community (www.marginalia.nu)
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The “smol” net is the “small” net. It’s small because it is build for friends and friends of friends. It doesn’t have to scale to millions of people because those millions should build their own local small nets.

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