A History Of Future Cities
by Daniel Brook · first published 2014
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…read this year and genuinely world-view altering that might be not what you're after. Here are 3 good books I'm happy to recommend instead: - "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945" by Tony Judt - "A History of Future Cities" by Daniel Brook - "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space" by Carl Sagan (if you already read Pale Blue Dot which I appear to be late to the party on try "Wealth, Poverty and Politics:…
on “Lessons learned after 300 books in 4 years” ↗There's an interesting book called A History of Future Cities that discusses this exact subject by looking at St. Petersburg, Bombay (Mumbai), Shanghai, and Dubai. https://www.amazon.com/History-Future-Cities-Daniel-Brook/dp...
on “Cities don't have to offer huge subsidies to companies like Apple and Amazon” ↗There's a good book called A History of Future cities that talks about historical examples of this. Although "success"is relative bc it was often the British forcing it on a country that was colonized. IIRC the cities discussed are St. Petersburg, Mumbai,…
on “Austin Is Building a Mini Silicon Valley” ↗