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The cool thing about blogging is someone can start a dialog with a post, the discussion can move to the comments, then end up someplace completely different. I was over at Chris Corrigan's Parking Lot where he picked up the John Galt Strategy thread:

In the context of a city, the thing about having someone "in charge" of developing strategy is that it's kind of a mug's game. For one thing, the basic fact that 2.5 million people will improvise its implementation should be enough to make planners give up the notions of tight control of its development. Howdo you anticipate the hive mind of 2.5 million people? You can't do it by decree, not in a democracy at least (and not truly in a dictatorship either, or so says Jonathan Schell). Instead, you need to create spaces where improvisation can flourish and thereby invite the citizens create their own city.

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