Pseudolectual

Pretty sure this is a direct result of “Tumblarity.” The algorithm needs to be adjusted to encourage, rather than discourage, the appropriate use of reblogs, otherwise people are just going to play the game the way its been set up.

*Edit: Nick tells me he didn’t reblog the post because the images don’t display in the Dashboard. I believe him, but I still think we might see more of this kind of posting from people who actually are trying to play the Tumblarity game. And I don’t blame them.

azspot:

Residents of this upscale community are suburban pioneers, going where few soccer moms or commuting executives have ever gone before: they have given up their cars.

Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg, near the French and Swiss borders. Vauban’s streets are completely “car-free” — except the main thoroughfare, where the tram to downtown Freiburg runs, and a few streets on one edge of the community. Car ownership is allowed, but there are only two places to park — large garages at the edge of the development, where a car-owner buys a space, for $40,000, along with a home.

As a result, 70 percent of Vauban’s families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move here. “When I had a car I was always tense. I’m much happier this way,” said Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the chatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor.

(via pile)

KNOWLEDGE.