Daily Letter

Inspiration & Quotes × People & Society

We are such hypocrites that we view another person's suffering as punishment for their sins, yet regard our own suffering as a test!

Inspiration & Quotes × Memes & Culture

Our culture often confuses us by making us believe that stress and pressure are inherently bad...boredom is the greatest danger..Do not fall for this mentality of ease and comfort; we are actually tough creatures built to learn from and adapt to pressure

Design & Objects × People & Society

what tolerating anti-social behavior does to our public spaces:

"It’s a primary reason why we shy away from dense walkable spaces and instead move towards suburban sprawl.

People in the U.S. don’t respect, trust, or want to be around other random citizens, out of fear and disgust.

Japanese/European style urbanism—density, fantastic public transport, mixed-use zoning, that so many American tourists admire—can't happen here because there is a fine line between vibrant streets and squalid ones, and that line is public trust.

The U.S. is on the wrong side of it.

Simply put, nobody wants to be accosted by a stranger, no matter how infrequent, and until that risk is close to nil, people will continue edging towards isolated living.

It is why we “can’t have nice things” because we have to construct our infrastructure to be asshole-proof, and so we don’t build anything or build with a fortress mentality, stripping our public spaces down to the austere and utilitarian, emptying them of anything that can be vandalized."