Demonization of the 15 minute city

Discussion on SCORAI Listserv March 2023 Maurie Cohen Has anyone been paying attention to how car-free lifestyles have become a subject for contestation in the culture wars in the US and UK over the past few weeks?  Two articles about an event that took place in Oxford last month: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/world/europe/15-minute-city-conspiracy.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-02/how-did-the-15-minute-city-get-tangled-up-in-a-far-right-conspiracy (The articles report on a … Read more

ICYMI on Cognitive Capacity

Could we do more? Why don’t we solve overshoot? Are we in Collapsosphere? Edited from a discussion on SCORAI listserv in January 2023 which started with a post by Ashwani Vasishth on whether we were doing enough to increase the use of renewable energies. The initial responses revolved around renewable energy but responses from Ruben … Read more