Nov 19 2012: Noah - thanks for the response! Your questions bring me to a whole new set of questions. If we were to build an above-ground city, how could we think about the layout and design of a city that would be fundamentally different, with the focus on eliminating as many emissions as possible and keeping the city as green as possible, in order to have a negligible impact on global warming?
Some of my original thoughts still come to mind, including reliance on mass transit which is smartly built to provide service to as many residents as possible, and eliminate roads to keep cars out of the city.
Also - how would the city be kept green? Larger, high-rise residential buildings that have gardens on the tops of the buildings, or, somehow, hanging gardens surrounding nearly the entire building?
What other thoughts might you (and others) have in regard to building green (and that's more than just sustainable-green, but definitely sustainable) cities?
Nov 19 2012: Hugo - awesome idea. I am a huge proponent of technology and innovation, yet I find the current social hype of quantity over quality to be quite disheartening. I've removed all of my accounts from such sites, simply because "interacting" with "friends" left me feeling, well, empty. That interaction usually amounted to '+1' or 'Like' clicks. How does that deepen my relationship with these friends? It doesn't.
So, to sum that up, again - awesome idea. I think it's great. Now, I have a question for you:
Without getting straight into your implementation and IP, how do you imagine people can connect in a meaningful manner that doesn't seem outdated in today's world? You mention real life interactions, yet we have that capability with app-invoking devices, such as making a phone call, video chat, or texts. Where will your app reside in the continuum of "old-fashioned" phone calls, and the current fad of "interaction" known as a Like button?
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Some of my original thoughts still come to mind, including reliance on mass transit which is smartly built to provide service to as many residents as possible, and eliminate roads to keep cars out of the city.
Also - how would the city be kept green? Larger, high-rise residential buildings that have gardens on the tops of the buildings, or, somehow, hanging gardens surrounding nearly the entire building?
What other thoughts might you (and others) have in regard to building green (and that's more than just sustainable-green, but definitely sustainable) cities?
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So, to sum that up, again - awesome idea. I think it's great. Now, I have a question for you:
Without getting straight into your implementation and IP, how do you imagine people can connect in a meaningful manner that doesn't seem outdated in today's world? You mention real life interactions, yet we have that capability with app-invoking devices, such as making a phone call, video chat, or texts. Where will your app reside in the continuum of "old-fashioned" phone calls, and the current fad of "interaction" known as a Like button?