Eventually the rubber has to hit the road, and research has to become application. When it comes to economics, this is often in the form of public policy. When any notes or research relate to this policy, they’ll be tagged here.
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The Theory of Stupidity (and the graph inside you)
— Our lives are all dominated by a little graph in our hearts — and sometimes, that graph gets wacky. A review of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "Theory of Stupidity", part of his larger ~1943-1945 work "Letters and Papers from Prison." (12 min read)
APL: Pattern 5; Lace of Country Streets
— How dense is too dense? How sparse is too sparse? Annotations for A Pattern Language's proposals for the density of metro-adjacent country streets for agriculture, recreation, and preservation. (3 min read)
APL: Pattern 1; Independent Regions
— Home isn't where the heart is — it's a single node on a very, very large graph. Annotations for the "Independent Regions" pattern of *A Pattern Language*. (10 min read)
APL: Pattern 2; The Distribution of Towns
— How close is too close? How far is too far? *A Pattern Language* annotations related to the statistical, economic, and ecologic concerns in balancing how dense human habitats ought to be. (5 min read)
APL: Pattern 0; Introduction
— Can graphs be libertarian? Authoritarian? Annotations for the introductory portion of the 1977 book A Pattern Language. (9 min read)
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A Pattern Language, and a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
— The beginning of a topological review of the 1977 urban design and architecture reference book A Pattern Language, and a journey to understand Earth's greatest graph: the Earth, itself. (12 min read)
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