Welcome to the New World

Why is the new world so similar to the old world? Why do few workers telecommute? Why are electric vehicles not embraced in sufficient numbers to diminish pollution? Why are employers not allowing flexible hours and job sharing? In the coming year I will explore the obstacles preventing these revolutions and why the new world is so similar to the old one.

Some things do change. As of January 1, 2014 I will be using my iPhone to post to this site. I will be using the voice recognition feature to type all of the entries and all images will be processed on the iPhone on-the-fly.

But new modes of blogging are hardly enough. In the communications revolution those who communicate best prevail. Let's make a new world.

Brad Teare January 2014

The End of Suburbia (as we know it)

Why can't modern architecture express a more vivacious and diverse collective personality? Is the stripped-down, Brutalist, and Bauhaus aesthetic serving the spiritual and emotional needs of modern humanity? Are we entirely subject to the brutality of cheap design? Is there a place for multiple schools of architectural thought? For those of us who hope for a communal approach to more diverse and pluralistic culture I created this blog.

I hope this blog will attract like-minded thinkers who will engage in active discussion about how we can use modern approaches and construction methods to build more aesthetically pleasing communities.

Thank you in advance for joining this discussion.

Brad Teare November 2013