Ordinary Banana

agree - alexander's stuff comes from the reality of preference, sunstein's from knowing better than people

Alexander's most strongly paternalistic position is that no buildings should be >3 stories, which is dumb

well other than magic of the city, and tall buildings are generally a cancer

it's at least dumb now b/c it's reactionary: may have been a good idea at some point but we've moved past it

I have a hard time believing there's been enough understanding of it to move past it

moved past in sense that conditions have changed so it's infeasible, not in sense of incorporating insight

agree I proved quality of life isn't feasible in my book :-P

had this open in another tab, apparently satisficing quality of life b/w 10-90% depending on country https://ourworldindata.org/world-poverty/