Alternate Realities due to Advances in Technology
Alternate Realities due to Advances in Technology
Rem Koolhaas’ ideas about “The
Culture of Congestion” discusses how new technology supported the ‘Metropolitan
Condition’ in Manhattan. Technology such as the elevator, electricity, and theme
rides at Coney Island allowed for a new form of reality that also became a “...superior
substitute for the “natural” reality that [was] depleted by the sheer density
of human consumers” (Koolhaas, 324). Manhattan was so congested that people found
the need to escape to a ‘cardboard reality’ that reminded them of the natural
elements that used to exist before the hyper-density design of the city. This immediately
made me think of how technology is changing our world today. Specifically, what kind of alternate
realities will be created by the advances we see in social media and artificial
intelligence?
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Sophia, interesting take on the Koolhaas reading, at times it feels like it is the evolution of mankind that helped bring about what we see today. People fighting the status quo of what is to create what could be.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of social media and AI becoming that new challenge; I feel that it is already taking place with pieces of architecture designed to encourage that social media post, such as The Vessel. When architects begin designing for that could change what we think is a front door and a back door.