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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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss (grist.org)

submitted 4 months ago by rglullis to c/humanscale

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[–] WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have a recurring daydream of a kind of world where we see quanitifed economics in real time over the top of whatever it is we're using, in a HUD (I guess an AR system). This scratches that itch a bit, very interesting.

[–] rglullis 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd be completely dreadful of that. Sounds like the setting of some dystopian world.

[–] WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah it would be pretty debilitating, imagining in it actual use. Turn on a propane stove while camping and watch the cents of energy use tick away slowly. Forget to wear sunscreen and see likelihood of skin cancer go up a few hundredths of a percent.