Day: July 15, 2021

Architecture, Curiositys, Future, Health, PoliticsLeave a comment

20% of all deaths could be prevented if cities were better designed

Fernando Kaskais

Many of the models for healthy urban design, like the superblock city or the 15-minute city, are rooted in Western cultural ideals. Here’s why that’s a problem. BY TOLULLAH ONI AND RIZKA MAULIDA By 2050, it is projected that almost 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities, up from 55% today. The fastest urban growth is happening in Asia and Africa, which is also where we’re seeing a rapid rise in people suffering from, and dying of, heart disease. The impact of noncommunicable diseases on the world population’s health is growing. Noncommunicable diseases are those that are not directly transmissible from one person to … Continue reading 20% of all deaths could be prevented if cities were better designed

Literature, Media&Culture, Philosophy, Politics, PsychologyLeave a comment

A just and loving gaze

Fernando Kaskais

Simone Weil: mystic, philosopher, activist. Her ethics demand that we look beyond the personal and find the universal Deborah Casewell is a Humboldt Research Fellow in philosophy at the University of Bonn and co-director of the UK-based Simone Weil Network. Her most recent book is Eberhard Jüngel and Existence: Being Before the Cross (2021). Edited byNigel Warburton The short life of Simone Weil, the French philosopher, Christian mystic and political activist, was one of unrelenting self-sacrifice from her childhood to her death. At a very young age, she expressed an aversion to luxury. In an action that prefigured her death, while still … Continue reading A just and loving gaze