The big fridge, the big car, and the big grocery store are all part of one economic machine. The Costco Door is another cog.

Actually, walking into one makes it hurt more. This is just one of the problems aging boomers face as their vision is compromised.

Engineered stone countertops are the most popular, but making them is killing workers,

We have to stop putting everything into separate silos, it all connects.

Actually, Jessica Wildfire has written a guide we should all think about now before we need to use it.

A new study finds that light in the bedroom at night could be as dangerous as “smoking, hypertension, and physical inactivity.” Proust knew how to deal with that.

An Economist article questions their usefulness. In fact, what matters isn’t standing or sitting; it’s moving.

A recent book blames the boomers for everything bad in the country — and the author has a point.From MNN October 2017, a post that made our readers rise up and complain about me. Earlier this year I read Bruce Gibney’s screed “A Generation of…

This British report proposes breaking down silos and recognizing that everything is connected. We should be doing this everywhere.

A very short post about how we should be careful about overstating a case.

At least in Toronto, this icon of tactical urbanism is still going strong.

Nobody is going to want to look at that big kitchen island anymore.

An epistolary discussion between Diana Lind and Lloyd Alter over their past and their future.

For cities to work for everyone, they need places to walk, sit and pee. This isn’t rocket science.

For some, the fact that it costs 40% more is a feature, not a bug.

An article claims that recycling is broken (I agree), so we should go back to landfilling. There are other options.

It’s like we all have Dorian Gray Syndrome, including “difficulties coping with the aging process and with the requirements of maturation.”

Her thesis has been ignored by economists, but her time has come.

He wants to launch a thousand rockets a year after removing environmental reviews and restraints.

Robots! AI! It all sounds so wonderful. The problem is, you have to feed the robot before it eats you. Why do smart people keep falling for this?