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David Weinberger discusses Umberto Eco's interview (in Der Spiegel) wherein Eco argues that "The list is the origin of culture," a statement which Weinberger sets out to refute. In particular, I appreciated his view that lists are one-dimensional and therefore can't be all that Eco ascribes to them. I left a comment about pattern recognition (which neither Eco in the interview nor Weinberger in his analysis mention).

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Added a comment to Monday Magazine's article on Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge debacle.

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Although not quite (yet) an example of cyber-stalking, I found Victoria Klassen's description of an online-generated encounter with a person who feels entitled to finger-wag her for some perceived moral or behavioral shortcoming(s) noteworthy because it all happened locally. I'm not sure whether that makes it even creepier or somehow just cozier than being digitally accosted by someone a thousand miles away, but I'm certain it says something about the intersection of "real life" and social media at the local level. At any rate, I left a comment describing my own experiences with people like the "creep" she had to deal with.

In the end, Victoria's closing comment is the best answer to those people:
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Bottom line: if you don’t like what I say you have two options: don’t read my stream or this blog, or join the conversation in the open, in the same way as the rest of us.
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Right on.

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Florida points to an article that smacks down cities (it claims that historically they've been "death traps") and asks for reader feedback. I left a long comment.

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Maria wrote a really good post about creativity and depression - whether alleviating depressions (say, through medication) nixes the creative impetus - and I left a long(ish) comment, with references to Twyla Tharp's notion of the creative *habit*.

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I'm bookmarking this Richard Florida/ Creative Class blog post since it's one I left a long(ish) comment on, this time around the need for buildings to be adaptable.

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Left a comment on this entry by Richard Florida. His post was actually about design, and how it could change under economic pressure. But then someone left a comment about how bad urban 'density' is and that it benefits only developers and tax-hungry governments. Well, I couldn't let nonsense like that stand, so I posted a comment in defense of urban density. File it under "really, some people...!"

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Rob blogged about Amsterdam's re-think of its liberal laws regarding drug use (and prostitution, too). I left a *long* comment, a thinking-out-loud about how the factory system of education, coupled with a repression of creative risk-taking and innovation in the culture, enables and exacerbates turning to drugs.

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David Weinberger has a nice post on Thanksgiving, and I left a comment. File under atheism/ agnosticism and religion.

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Richard Florida makes the argument that Fordism -- or Fordist thinking -- lies behind some of our economic woes at present, and that we have to get past that paradigm. I left a comment re. this article ( http://www.wsoctv.com/automotive/17945476/detail.html#- ), "Falling Gas Prices Jump-Start GM SUV Sales; Automaker Puts Texas Plant On Overtime Amid Other Closures," published a week ago (11/10/08). The automobile industry shouldn't be bailed out without significant guarantees from the industry that it will embrace environmentally progressive goals.

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Davin muses on leadership, and asks readers to comment on what they think makes for good leadership. (I left a comment.) He came up with some excellent traits or qualities, some of which *seem* almost contradictory, and therefore probably are true. Leadership is complex.

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Tara Hunt wrote an interesting post on "whuffie" and what it means today. She also then broached the minefield of how (if) the whuffie factor gets monetized. The comments board is fascinating, and I also added my 2cents (actually, more like a $1.25 since I inflated those 2 cents into two too-long comments...).

I'm pretty sure my remarks are way too theoretical and esoteric, but they helped me make some connections and sort out a few things, so even if they're useless to others, I benefited. Not sure if that has anything to do with whuffie, but there you go...

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Dan Bertolet of Seattle-based blog "Huge ass city" spent some time visiting Medfield, Massachusetts (where I gather he was raised). He temporarily renamed his blog "Wee ass suburb." This particular entry looks at two houses -- one, the Dwight-Derby house from 1621, the other a 2005 "Extreme Makeover" McMansion. Throughout, I've found Dan's entries really intriguing, but didn't comment. Today, however, someone commented with "Who gives a flying f*ck about Medfield," which prompted me to post a comment. Click through to read. I do give a flying f*ck, I guess.

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