I’ve started reading Martin van Creveld’s The Rise and Decline of the State. I haven’t made it too far in yet and I’m still reading through the section on pre-state political communities. Today, I came across a particularly fascinating fact about confidence in “public” treasuries. Simply put, the confidence in the government’s ability and willingness […]
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Notes from How Buildings Learn
6 August 2004 – 2:00 pm
I borrowed a copy of How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand via ILL through my local library. I’m trying to work through the last couple of chapters right now because it’s due back soon at the originating library. These are a couple of ideas I wanted to jot down before I return the book. First, […]