To the Ends of the Earth

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English - May 20, 2024 12:00 - 42 minutes - 14.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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In To the Ends of the Earth: A Grand Tour for the 21st Century, Richard Weller, Professor Emeritus and Co-Founder of the Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism & Ecology at the University of Pennsylvania, has condensed a sprawling subject into a compact field guide to 120 of the most significant 21st century objects, from bulldozers to Biosphere II. Call it dystopian, call it optimistic. Just don’t call it “anthroporn.”

Intro/Outro: “Until the End of the World,” by U2

Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology After the End of the World, by Timothy Morton

Utopias (and Utopia’s Evil Twins)

Walmart
Supercenter

Machines:

Bulldozers + polymetric nodules

Fish farms