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Urbanized

Having previous explored how our life is affected by typefaces (Helvetica) and manufactured objects (Objectified), director Gary Hustwit provides the final chapter of a trilogy of sorts by exploring the language of urban city design. More thought is put into it than you realized, by more people than you would have guessed. An early observation […]

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Freakonomics: The Movie

But I remembered nearly everything I’d read five years ago in “Freakonomics” when I watched its lively documentary adaptation, now on DVD. The invented word concerns the study of human behavior, primarily via incentives, and if it were offered as a real degree program in the hallowed halls of higher ed, I might even go […]

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