2/ * cities create division of labor * division of labor is great, BUT * specialization is for insects * bugmen are insects * cities are for states to make production transparent * cities are population shredders * as they were in Bronze Age (Against the Grain, James C Scott)
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13/ A fine point, but again, more
@wrathofgnon style thesis than@MorlockP thesis. Small communities create legibility to others in community; the one GOOD thing about big cities is the anonymity. I don't want Mrs. Johnson's opinion on my drinking etc. https://twitter.com/m_terrence_/status/1191720035460382720 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Entrance exam for the City of Humans: Get assigned to a random sequence of tasks all of which are necessary to make living there possible. You don't have to be great, but you have to be able. At coming of age children are sent out and have to regain admission.
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What I object to is the blindness of the “bugmen” to just how dependent they are on a fragile system. The urban bugman pays others to deliver everything to his doorstep while assuming the vast infrastructure that makes it possible is eternal and invincible.
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