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<div class="moz-forward-container">Hi Matthew-<br>
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How many people at SudoRoom are in chronic econo-crunch or
borderline homeless? <br>
<br>
How many of us are likely to fall for developer horse-puckey that
these little prison cells are "futuristic" and "high tech",
considering that the ones in San Francisco are designed to
accommodate nearly-wall-sized Telescreens? <br>
<br>
Haven't we had numerous conversations including meetings, on the
subject of living arrangements and potential community
developments? <br>
<br>
How much of our listmail consists of two-word comments that would
ordinarily occur in a chat window or text message format?
Personally I find it inconvenient to have to keep deleting
listmail threads consisting of "I'm locked out," and "Coming" and
"Thanks," and "Is anyone in?" and "Yes," and suchlike, but I have
no desire to tell others what they should and shouldn't post on
the list. It's not as if we're being charged by the word, as with
telegrams. <br>
<br>
There's method to my madness. You don't have to trust me on that,
and you're welcome to not read anything I post, but at least I
maintain "subject header discipline" so you can spot the stuff you
don't want to read. <br>
<br>
Finally, please respect my nym rights by not using names for me
other than the ones I use in my own postings. I don't go posting
your PII online, please don't post mine. BTW, that's not even
remotely negotiable. <br>
<br>
Peace-<br>
<br>
-G.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-05-20-Mon 3:28 PM, Matthew
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<div>George,<br>
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I do not think this email is relevant for the sudo-discuss
email list. <br>
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I agree it is relevant for sudo room, sudoers, and sudo room
discussion with sudoers. However, sudo-discuss is a list
with its purpose to discuss sudo room, its on-going
projects, and relevant news (such as safety concerns in the
neighborhood)--not necessarily every call to action or item
of news. <br>
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Cheers,<br>
Matt<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:07 PM,
GtwoG PublicOhOne <span dir="ltr"><<a
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No-Sex Apartments.<br>
<br>
(Creative commons, with attribution to "G.")<br>
<br>
In cities across the USA, a new "solution" to affordable
housing is<br>
being promoted: micro-apartments of less than 200 square
feet. New<br>
York's conrol-freak in chief, Mayor Bloomberg, is
promoting them (New<br>
Yorkers call them "Bloom Boxes"). A developer in San
Francisco is<br>
promoting them. And developers in Seattle WA are building
them by the<br>
hundreds.<br>
<br>
The Seattle apartments were recently covered in a CBS News
article, here:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57582327/tiny-apartments-are-creating-a-big-backlash-in-seattle/"
target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57582327/tiny-apartments-are-creating-a-big-backlash-in-seattle/</a><br>
<br>
If you look at the picture, something immediately stands
out: a TWIN BED.<br>
<br>
As the article says, "...(the) apartment comes with a
small private<br>
bathroom, a microwave and a mini-refrigerator. There's
just enough room<br>
for a twin bed, a neatly hung rack of clothes and
shelves." (There's<br>
not even room for a desk, so forget about working from
home: it's back<br>
to the plantation for you, worker-bee.)<br>
<br>
And therein lies the catch, or more accurately the
"nudge," to use the<br>
Newspeak word for "manipulation."<br>
<br>
A twin bed is sufficient for sleeping, but not sufficient
for a regular<br>
sex life with others, much less a stable relationship.<br>
<br>
Sure, you can manage it occasionally, but for the long
term it's right<br>
out. Squeezing two people into a bed meant for one is
miserable,<br>
particularly in the hot summer.<br>
<br>
This is one form of "birth control" that won't be
controversial with the<br>
Vatican or other right-wing religious denominations. I
suppose that<br>
also qualifies as a "feature." (We won't mention the fact
that you can<br>
carry on a satisfactory solo sex life in a twin bed, lest
the twin beds<br>
be replaced with "stand-up beds" consisting of straps on
the wall.)<br>
<br>
There's no need for the Oligarchy to make an explicit No
Sex rule. They<br>
don't have to, when they can just "nudge" the architecture
to enforce<br>
that outcome by "nudging" people who might think to
disobey.<br>
<br>
Best of all (from the Oligarchy's perspective), there's
nothing to<br>
revolt against. A revolt against a type of architecture
is like a<br>
revolt against traffic jams or weather: there's no obvious
evil-doer to<br>
hurl ballots and tomatoes at.<br>
<br>
The Oligarchy likes micro-apartments because they are more
profitable<br>
per square foot of building, compared to apartments that
let you have a<br>
bed big enough for two people, and a fridge big enough to
let you keep<br>
enough food that you don't have to go shopping every day.<br>
<br>
The working masses (that would be us) who are being lined
up to live in<br>
these boxes would do well to recognize that they are also
about the same<br>
size as prison cells.<br>
<br>
The only difference is that you have the key to your cell,
just like<br>
inmates in "honor system prisons" for white collar
criminals. That, and<br>
there isn't a guard staring at you whilst you poop, though
I'd be<br>
careful about the tiny apartments that come with internet
and TV service<br>
included (no choice of carriers either), as the "smart
sensors" won't be<br>
far behind.<br>
<br>
Smaller houses and apartments are of course part of a
viable approach to<br>
sustainability: primarily through lower energy consumption
and proximity<br>
to public transport. Some years ago, a close friend and I
came up with<br>
various designs for micro-houses, from about 160 square
feet, up to<br>
about 400 - 500 square feet. A building with a 500 square
foot<br>
"building footprint" was sufficient for a family of four.
We were<br>
designing for the sake of sustainability, and for the
ability of<br>
individuals and communities to build these houses for
themselves at low<br>
cost.<br>
<br>
But as with eating bugs, it's one thing to do it by the
choice of your<br>
own free will, quite another to do it by way of getting
mercilessly<br>
milked by the Oligarchy. Especially when the Oligarchs
continue to live<br>
in 12,000 square foot (and larger) mansions with sprawling
lawns on all<br>
sides.<br>
<br>
What the world can't afford, is the Oligarchy. Darwin,
take note!<br>
<br>
-G.<br>
<br>
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