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What is cryptocurrency, anyhow?

June 5, 2021 chriscosper

I’m not entirely convinced that Bitcoin is much different than Monopoly money, but some people seem to take it seriously.…

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Filed under: climate change, society

Researchers are alarmed by declining sperm counts, question future of humanity

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A group of researchers lead by Shanna Swan, an environmental epidemiologist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in…

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Filed under: environment

Bjarke Ingels Group’s latest proposal: actually sustainable or “is that just PR?”

May 23, 2021 chriscosper

It’s shelf shading. Adaptive louvers will reduce heat gain by 52%…. Meanwhile, every image also suggests the building is a…

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Filed under: climate change, Starchitect fails

Biden’s green grid plan faces political, practical challenges

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President Biden has proposed a bold plan to convert America’s electrical grid from fossil fuels to renewable sources, notably wind…

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Filed under: Biden, climate change

An interview with McMansion Hell’s Kate Wagner on Common\Edge

March 28, 2021 chriscosper

Martin Pedersen, the editor of Common\Edge, interviews Kate Wagner, the creator of the McMansion Hell blog and one of the…

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Sexism: yet another negative legacy of the Starchitect system

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One of the many negative legacies of the so-called Starchitect system is the relegation of many women architects/designers to a…

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Filed under: Starchitect fails

Twenty years in, the Pritzker Prize joins the 21st century

March 21, 2021 chriscosper

First the AIA Gold Medal and now the Pritzker prize? After years of bestowing praise on the practitioners of sillytecture,…

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Filed under: climate change, Starchitect fails

Bill Maher declares that Americans are “a silly people”

March 15, 2021 chriscosper

I do not always agree with Bill Maher, but I am beginning to see him as something of a vital…

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Filed under: society

Critical Conservation at Modernist Air Force Academy

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This is an interesting (although not terribly well-written) article about ongoing conservation efforts at the Air Force Academy, which is…

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Filed under: critical conservation

NYC is tracking the energy consumption of its largest buildings as prelude to 2024 requirements

February 14, 2021 chriscosper

NYC discovered that its largest buildings were far and away the largest contributors from the city of greenhouse-gas emissions. In…

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Filed under: climate change

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