This is so fucking stupid I don't even know where to start.

The truly terrifying aspect of Fabien Brunsing's piece illustrating differential permissioning and the monetization of public space...is that you can bet someone somewhere's going to take it as a best practice.

I fear that, if not checked, this sort of thing may well be the death-knell of NYC as a creative enterprise. Retrieval, reification and vitrification are never good signs of a robustly healthy place with lots of new ideas to contribute, and these things in and of themselves are not sufficiently novel to constitute a creative response to the times.

Resisting the tide of urban informatics and every circumstance it brings in its wake. I appreciate the sentiment more than its author might suspect, even if I find some of the specific antecedents cited pointless or moribund.

The "anti-democracy truck" (!). Its natural markets, according to its manufacturer? "Israel, America or France." Rather reminded me of "Soylent Green."

Rewards watching the whole 8:48.