healthcare as we understand the word in america is not a right. in fact healthcare in its current incarnation is a very novel idea. if you suffered from half of the ailments in 1908 that we cure on a daily basis in 2008 youd be dead. and the same goes for multiple millenia preceding 1908. im gonna shoot straight though there are times i wish the u.s. had a nationalized health care system and they...
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architecture moralitys relievedebtor talks about his visit to arkansas architect fay jones thorncrown chapel. he makes some interesting comparisons between the eureka springs chapel and most modern church buildings and asks why chapels are so often much more architecturally engaging. i suspect there are several reasons that chapels as opposed to sanctuaries built by congregations generate the be...
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screwed no matter what you do by alex carnevale molly posted this article by robin nixon on her tumblr which i felt was amoral so im posting it here. robin nixon a recent study presented people with two tasks. one was described as tedious and timeconsuming the other easy and brief. the subjects were asked to assign each task to either themselves or the next participant. they could do this indepen...
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relievedebtor over at architecture morality posted a thoroughly captivating article today titled beauty and waste more thoughts on space and worship. he starts off by citing the challah. customarily jewish bread bakers would tear off a small portion of their dough as a tithe the challah either to throw away or give to the priests. apparently the tradition continues today acting as a reminder th...
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who pays for environmentally friendly design asks architecture moralitys corbusier as i seem to be inundated with new information advertisements or appeals to make buildings in a greenfriendly manner i find it more and more difficult to ignore the aspect of money in evaluating it all. somehow i fail to suppress my sneaking suspicion that theres more than just simply wanting to use resources more...
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a while back i saw a piece about the sortofnew milton friedman bio and thought i have to read that. but then i couldnt find it at my local bookstorei live in berkeleyand by the time i got to another bookstore id come to think i could live without reading it. of course he was a hugely influential figure and must have had an interesting life what with all the stuff he did and his great taste in ar...
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corbusier wrote an interesting post over at architecture morality in defense of carbased urbanism. its a long blog entry i found worthy of excerpting and responding too. . . . i believe people will never willingly leave their cars en masse to walk exclusively. despite all the added problems imposed by car use and the strains on the massive amount of required infrastructure the enhancements cars...
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