Although I share your positive vision for the purpose and future of the city (and your disdain for the suburbs), I'm afraid that your vision of a future city built on community will never happen as long as people seek community, and find its simulacrum, on the internet. If people are able to sort themselves into affinity-based "communities without propinquity" online, there will be little to no immediate motivation to find community among people who live nearby but might not share one's own views and interests. I am not convinced the social side of the internet is a net positive for human society; until it looses its stranglehold on people's lives, I don't see your fine vision of the city's potential ever becoming a reality. That being said, I appreciated your thoughts, especially your point about how segregation of uses is detrimental to city life. Well put, and thank you!
I think the future belongs to those who live in the material world. That doesn't mean they don't use digital means, but they don't "live" there. I suppose time will tell.
Although I share your positive vision for the purpose and future of the city (and your disdain for the suburbs), I'm afraid that your vision of a future city built on community will never happen as long as people seek community, and find its simulacrum, on the internet. If people are able to sort themselves into affinity-based "communities without propinquity" online, there will be little to no immediate motivation to find community among people who live nearby but might not share one's own views and interests. I am not convinced the social side of the internet is a net positive for human society; until it looses its stranglehold on people's lives, I don't see your fine vision of the city's potential ever becoming a reality. That being said, I appreciated your thoughts, especially your point about how segregation of uses is detrimental to city life. Well put, and thank you!
I think the future belongs to those who live in the material world. That doesn't mean they don't use digital means, but they don't "live" there. I suppose time will tell.