It will be a reality in Masdar. </sarcasm>
http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12673433 http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.feature/id/1497 ______________________________________________ Michael Gould _____ De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Shoaib Burq Enviado el: viernes, 02 de enero de 2009 1:07 Para: Christian Willmes CC: [email protected] Asunto: Re: [Geowanking] future GIS > Are you denying that there is better life through engineering and improvement of technology? If so I have to entirely disagree with that. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotopia "Ecotopian concept does not reject high technology, but members of his fictional society prefer to demonstrate a conscious selectivity of technology, so that not only human health and sanity might be preserved, but also social and ecological well being. Interestingly therefore, Callenbach's story anticipated the development and liberal usage of videoconferencing." Personally i find cities designed from scratch lack soul - that's one reason Dubai feels so hollow. Culture and history of a city are important to a society: just ask the Palestinians or Israelis best Shoaib On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Christian Willmes <[email protected]> wrote: Oh, it seems, that I hit a nerve here? Sorry for that!? For me that is just a nice science fiction piece. I love those futurist thoughts... and my point was this little nice introduction of this "true" 3D GIS Globe... Apart from that, I also had to enjoy urban geography courses in my undergrad times, so I know this Corbusier stuff - and I like very much of it. I'm not sure if I get you here right: Paul Ramsey schrieb: > I remain blown away by that video, truly, it's like a time-warp -- > better life through engineering. Are you denying that there is better life through engineering and improvement of technology? If so I have to entirely disagree with that. best, Christian _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
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