Tag Archives for resiliency
$100/sqft Prefab Housing
Very cool. At this price point, this is the kind of system that can be adapted to a new kind of joint household. (For the West anyway.) This stunning steel-framed modular housing system is set to debut next week at … Continue reading
The Dropout Economy
Reihan Salam. It’s a fun, short read, but snippets anyway: It’s important to keep in mind that behavior that seems irrational from a middle-class perspective is perfectly rational in the face of straitened circumstances. Look at the projections of fiscal … Continue reading
We Are All Tajnagar Now.
Really great example of how local level collaboration can yield economic growth, utilizing existing national infrastructure. More at Naxalite Rage. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Unsustainable Way of Fighting Taliban Bandhs
In an effort to operate freely, the Taliban has been breaking cell phone networks at night for a few years. The State Department’s “Senior Advisor on Innovation” (an innovation czar?) has a solution: have the USG absorb the cost of these … Continue reading
Mirrors Edge
Fun game: Mirror’s Edge is set in a society where communication is heavily monitored by a totalitarian regime, and so a network of runners, including the main character, Faith, are used to transmit messages while evading government surveillance.[11] In the style … Continue reading