02 Readings

MANUEL DE LANDA- 1000 YEARS OF NON-LINEAR HISTORY.

De Landa’s critique of classical linear history is quite relevant in todays world with conflicting accounts and biased texts. Often you read about so and so’s conquering of x and y, and the way De Landa philosophically takes a knife and slices the world in three presents a new restructuring of events. His note about not situating humans as the end goal and any end goal for that matter is interesting not only because of a holistic system but also an organic system. I think it grounds us quite a bit in reality.

Data dimension: accessing urban data and making it accessible (Carlo Ratti, MIT SENSEable Cities Lab)

The idea of having a bottom down approach towards data collection is fascinating, and empowering. I think the ideas related to accessibility can be addressed through a more user centric approach that takes in the subtleties of people. I do wonder though with the scares of mass data collection companies that frequently happen how this could be received.