Ugly side of buildings
Published by admin May 5th, 2008 in UncategorizedHumans have a unique ability to create environments that are depressing, writes John Baez. Some are melancholy, unloved, like a dimly lit highway overpass at night covered with graffiti, or this building in Shanghai:
I understand this feeling. At times I felt the same way. But unlike the holographic principle, the surface of a building is not proportional to the happiness of the people living inside it. The residents of the building may be as happy as anyone else and pay no attention to the ugly side of the building.
The passenger pigeon is an interesting subject to bring up in these days of rising food prices. In their effect on crops, they were like locusts. They were hunted out mostly for their meat but with a great deal of approaval on the part of farmers.
In New York City, I believe, it is forbidden to feed pigeons but people still do it.