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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I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens (sethpurcell.com)
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Why the Ultrarich Are Unplugging From “Smart Homes” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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The ROI of exercise (herman.bearblog.dev)
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The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality (english.elpais.com)
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Flounder Mode: Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work (joincolossus.com)
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Friendship's Under-appreciated Dimension. (cinqpersonnes.substack.com)
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Turns Out, Mandatory Helmet Laws Make Cyclists Less Safe (www.bicycling.com)
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Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town (www.tokyoweekender.com)
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The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities (www.bloomberg.com)
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70 years before congestion pricing landed in New York City, Lewis Mumford sounded the alarm on letting automobiles run amok in America’s downtowns.

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Finding Flow: Escaping Digital Distractions Through Deep Work and Slow Living (www.ssp.sh)
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My product is my garden (herman.bearblog.dev)
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In the Kingdom of the Bored, the One-Armed Bandit Is King (www.newcartographies.com)
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Timothée Chalamet on a Bike Shows How We Can Travel Faster Without Cars (www.strongtowns.org)
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The secret to a better city is a two-wheeler (www.motherjones.com)
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Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris reopens (apnews.com)
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The people growing their own toilet paper (www.bbc.com)
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Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed (theconversation.com)
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Study Shows How E-Bikes Are Shifting the Transportation Landscape (momentummag.com)
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Thatched Home Alabama: How the State Kicked Off a Stylish, Sustainable Architectural Trend (gardenandgun.com)
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A common urban intersection in the Netherlands (bicycledutch.wordpress.com)
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Mark Gorton and the 'American streets renaissance' (bikeportland.org)
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How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it) (www.youtube.com)
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interview to Jan Gehl (www.abitare.it)
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“Let us not forget that Homo sapiens is an animal that walks: it is a practice that is good for the climate and for the health of the body and the mind. If we encourage it, there are concrete benefits.” interview to Jan Gehl

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Want to build healthier cities? Make room for bird and tree diversity (theconversation.com)
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The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’ (www.theguardian.com)
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