What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase ‘planetary city’? Does it remind you of Central Park or does it remind you of vast tracts of land covered by skyscrapers and landfills? Probably the latter isn’t it? While we worry about cyborgs taking over our societies, the most widespread manifestation of mechanical civilization is the city. The city, of course, is not just the city, but also huge infrastructural networks that cities use to extract, communicate and transport matter and information. Everything from oil tankers to fiber optic cables are manifestations of the planetary city.
The City and the Forest
The City and the Forest
The City and the Forest
What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase ‘planetary city’? Does it remind you of Central Park or does it remind you of vast tracts of land covered by skyscrapers and landfills? Probably the latter isn’t it? While we worry about cyborgs taking over our societies, the most widespread manifestation of mechanical civilization is the city. The city, of course, is not just the city, but also huge infrastructural networks that cities use to extract, communicate and transport matter and information. Everything from oil tankers to fiber optic cables are manifestations of the planetary city.