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MegaHacks: City, Region, Planet
This document summarizes a presentation about hacking at different scales from the body to the city to the planet. It discusses how hacking involves intentionally altering existing systems for new purposes, both beneficially and harmfully. Examples are given of hacking the body, hacking the city through guerrilla gardening and bike lane modifications, and proposals for hacking the planet through large-scale engineering projects. The presentation argues that hacking the planet through geoengineering may be essential for human survival. It also shows how technology and social networks allow new representations of reality and participation in virtual worlds.
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- 1. Megahacks: city, region, planet A presentationby Dr Cindy Frewen Wuellner, FAIA, @urbanverse Frewen Architects and University of Houston Futures Studies For APF Virtual Gathering Futures Festival 26-27 02011
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- 3. Hacking the City Morrode Providencia Rio de Janeiro Women, Morro de Providencia Rio de Janeiro, JR Artist
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- 5. hacking? 1. Intentionally altering an existing system for new purposes 2. Frequently unauthorized, sometimes subversive, intentionally undermining authority 3. Transformational or incremental 4. Harmful or beneficial to host
- 6. Why hack? 1. Solve a problem – Add function – Add beauty 2. Cause a problem – Steal – Destroy 3. Assert self
- 7. This is ourworld now… we make use of a service without paying for what could be called dirt cheap if it wasn’t run by profiteering gluttons. We explore… we seek knowledge… and you call us criminals. You make atomic bombs, wage wars, cheat, lie, try to make it seem like we are the criminals.
- 8. Yes… I AMA CRIMINAL. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not how they look. My crime… Is outsmarting YOU. Something you never will be able to forgive me for. The Mentor, 1986 The Conscience of a Hacker
- 9. The people calledthe Third Culture are hacking the planet. They are dissatisfied with normality. They are changing things. ... Hacking the planet is essential to the survival of the human race. Wesley Felter, 14 August 1998 THE HACK THE PLANET MANIFESTO
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- 11. Megacities 1959 –2000 - 2015
- 12. Urbanization 1950 – 2007- 2030
- 13. Population Forecasts forSelected Countries 2010 - 2100
- 15. Prices are goingup… Food Water Energy
- 17. motivation + tools
- 18. The Plan Voisinin Paris Le Corbusier 1922
- 19. Geodesic Dome City BuckminsterFuller New York City 1968
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- 21. To use abuilding is to make it, by physical transformation or by inhabiting it in ways not previously imagined or by conceiving it anew. Hill, 2001
- 22. Hacking the City Co-Creating The Underbelly Project Abandoned Subway New York City
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- 24. Bike Lane Hacks PortlandOregon
- 25. D DIY CITIES Germany electrical box bench
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- 30. Guerilla Art Women, Morro de Providencia Rio de Janeiro, JR Artist
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- 32. Hacking Nature Three GorgesDam Yangzi River, China
- 34. Lilypad floating ecolopolis for50,000 refugees Vincent Callebaut
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- 36. hybrid hacks Times Square NYC Networked Omniscient Exhibit
- 37. Mobile Phone Users2000 - 2010 From 1 billion to 5 billion users in a decade
- 38. Social networks; peer to peer Representations Second Life of reality; maps Metaverse Roadmap modified
- 39. Layar – on androidcell phone
- 40. New York PhantomCity Tour Phantomcity.org
- 41. Heads Up display wearable lenses Vernor Vinge Rainbows End
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- 44. Co-making the city, Sydney Opera House Jorn Utzon Architect not just watching
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- 48. Who shapes our transportationoptions? Copenhagen Bike Highway
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- 50. Who owns theskyline?
- 51. History is thevirtual made actual, one hack after another. MCKENZIE WARK Thank you! Contact Cindy Frewen Wuellner @urbanverse http://urbanverse.posterous.com