Comments on: Kim Stanley Robinson on nature, architecture, and society http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/01/04/kim-stanley-robinson-on-nature-architecture-and-society/ coping with ecological suprise in a human dominated world Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:11:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Incognito http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/01/04/kim-stanley-robinson-on-nature-architecture-and-society/#comment-120575 Incognito Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:31:50 +0000 http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/01/04/kim-stanley-robinson-on-nature-architecture-and-society/#comment-120575 As great admirer of Kim Robinson as I am, I'd rather "play a powerful god" with my.. cellphone.. than wait another 10-20 millions of years for the natural flow of the evolutionary process to kick in. It is my strong belief that technological and scientific advances, such as the very same Internet, is the only way for humanity to "outsmart" the nature and reach at least some sort of maturity in any foreseeable future. As great admirer of Kim Robinson as I am, I’d rather “play a powerful god” with my.. cellphone.. than wait another 10-20 millions of years for the natural flow of the evolutionary process to kick in. It is my strong belief that technological and scientific advances, such as the very same Internet, is the only way for humanity to “outsmart” the nature and reach at least some sort of maturity in any foreseeable future.

]]> By: Josh S http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/01/04/kim-stanley-robinson-on-nature-architecture-and-society/#comment-114791 Josh S Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:00:44 +0000 http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/01/04/kim-stanley-robinson-on-nature-architecture-and-society/#comment-114791 It's almost haunting how many principles of resilience science emerge in Robinson's statement. Or in Jane Jacob's work, or David Orr's, etc... And it seems a straigtforward response to other 'post-modern' themes described by Manaugh, about how society's most 'progressive' or 'modern' elements consider climate change as entertainment. It’s almost haunting how many principles of resilience science emerge in Robinson’s statement. Or in Jane Jacob’s work, or David Orr’s, etc…

And it seems a straigtforward response to other ‘post-modern’ themes described by Manaugh, about how society’s most ‘progressive’ or ‘modern’ elements consider climate change as entertainment.

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