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Why Is "Living in the Now" So Hard?
"Live in the now. Stay present."
It's one of the big pieces of advice we get when we want to feel better about our lives. Many of my clients express great frustration with their inability to do just that, though. So, for me, just trying to be present isn't enough.
We have to go to the heart of the matter—why we aren't just staying present automatically?
People say that not living in the now is a result of our focus on either the past or the future, instead of the present moment. That's a good start, but I still ask why we would feel the need to do that.
The core answer is that we feel that there is something wrong with us.
So, we either look back and lament. . .I wasn't good enough, I didn't get their approval, I didn't fit in, I didn't win, and on, and on. Or, we plan or worry about how we can do things in the future. . .how to be more perfect, how to win others' approval, how to plan things carefully enough, how to make good things happen, and so on. (And if you're like me, you've done a lot of both!)
You might be someone who is pretty good at refocusing yourself to the present. Or, you might be like my clients who either have never been able to do that (no matter how hard they tried) or whose ability to do that has fallen apart. If you're in one of the two latter categories, it might be time to address the core of the issue, the feeling that there's something wrong with you.
Even when you know that this negative feeling is the root of your inability to stay present, it isn't as simple as just letting go of it. (I wish it were!)
That's because this feeling that something is wrong with you has been with you from early in your life. From conception until the age of two and a half you absorb this negative feeling, which I call Learned Distress, from your parents, siblings and others around you. Learned Distress gets embedded in your sense of self, which becomes the generating force behind every moment of your life. Learned Distress is also largely how you learned to survive and fit well with your early surroundings. So, your brain doesn't easily let go of this negative feeling, even when you begin to realize how counterproductive it is to feel this way.
But, when people are able to access their sense of self and permanently peel away layers of Learned Distress, not only does the brain let go of the negative feeling, but it also starts to generate moments from natural well-being. When your situations are generated automatically from well-being, you just feel good now.
The need to refocus is gone and instead of using lots of energy to try and be present, you get to just enjoy wherever you are and who you are at that moment. My clients who have been able to refocus themselves (despite it being difficult) are amazed at how much more energy they have to just enjoy their lives when they don't have to work so hard. They say it's like getting to sit back and enjoy the scenery for the first time, instead of just having to focus on driving and staying on the road.
For my clients who have felt unable to stay present, the outcomes are even more dramatic. Just a couple of days ago, a new client described how incredibly different he felt about the day he had just been through. He started the day with a teaching presentation that he gives often. Despite the fact that he has always gotten high praise and excellent feedback on it, he is usually thrown way off balance both before and after it by worry that it won't be/wasn't good enough. He is unable to communicate well with his family in the morning or handle anything well after it. But he said that this day just felt more normal. Instead of the day running together in one anxious blur, he presented and felt good about it, then moved on to a list of diverse tasks he rattled off to me, saying that he just ticked each off his list and felt complete and unhurried at the end of the day. He said he just felt more capable, without having put any extra work or planning towards that goal.
Does any of this ring a bell for you? Have you struggled with trying to stay present?
The feeling that something is wrong with us so often gets in our way, but really getting rid of it clears the path for us to enjoy each moment as it comes.
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6 Responses to "Why Is "Living in the Now" So Hard?"
Hi Sara, I truly enjoyed this honest article and would like to hear more on this subject. Thank You!
Thank you, Patti! If you want to know more about the background of how we absorb Learned Distress and how it generates the negative moments of our lives, this page on my website will give you that background: http://www.QuantaChange.com/science. You can also find more on the various ways that Learned Distress operates in our lives in my previous blog posts on elephant: http://www.elephantjournal.com/author/sara-avery/ Let me know if I can answer any questions, or if there is any specific realm you would like to hear about. I'm always open to suggestions! Many thanks, Sara
Yes, disengaging from the negativity (super-ego) that we think is us (identity) and also staying with ourselves through the painful feeling of deficiency builds capacity. Of course we will disconnect from the moment if the moment is painful and if we think that is what we are. But seeing the negative self-talk as destructive, and strongly disengaging, as well as holding our own hand through whatever fear, sadness or whatever is present, allows a transformation and experience of our real, whole, nature.
Thanks for your comments, Saranpal! While a lot of people talk about disengaging from these negative voices, I am actually talking about permanently unlearning them. That is what my work is about, and my clients tell me that they have a different outcome than when they just disengaged from them. But certainly, disengaging is much better than just allowing that chorus to run wild in our heads! Thanks, again, for taking the time to share your thoughts.
Thank you for this article. It makes intuitive sense…
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The contents are as follows…
- A textured outer cover featuring the Doctor and Martha on the front and a description of the contents on the back.
- An interior fold-out digipack box with the Doctor and the Master (the John Simm one) on its cover, and pictures of scenes throughout
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- An illustrated episode guide booklet, with a foreword by David Tennant.
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Commentary track by David Tennant (the Doctor) and Executive Producer Julie Gardner.
(This is the same commentary track that is available as a downloadable podcast from the official BBC Doctor Who website.)
- The 60-minute documentary Music and Monsters
This was a special documentary made by the Doctor Who Confidential team that mostly goes behind-the-scenes at a
Doctor Who music concert performed by the National Orchestra of Wales in November of 2006. It also includes some
behind-the-scenes footage of the making of The Runaway Bride.
- David Tennant's Video Diary. 9 minutes of video shot by David Tennant on the sets of The Runaway Bride.
- Freema Agyeman's Studio Tour. Freema Agyeman takes us on a tour of the Doctor Who sets during pre-production on the
yet-to-be-finished 2007 Christmas special, also including some glimpses of the Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures
productions. 18 minutes
- Series Three Deleted Scenes. An 18-minute package of 21 different deleted or extended scenes from throughout the series.
- Series Three Out-takes. A 5-minute reel of 30-or-so bloopers from throughout the series.
- BBC Trailers. 6 different trailers used by the BBC to advertise the broadcast of the upcoming new series on BBC1.
On Disc 2:
- Episode 1: Smith and Jones Introduces Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones, who stars in all the further episodes.
Medical student Martha Jones is having a rough day at work… first the Doctor turns up as her patient, and then her entire hospital
is transported to the Moon…
Commentary from Writer/Executive Producer Russell T. Davies and David Tennant.
- Episode 2: The Shakespeare Code
Doctor takes Martha back in time to
The plot thickens when Shakespeare announces the title of his next play, which the Doctor knows is lost to history, and when three
women in the audience start casting magical spells…
Commentary by actors David Tennant and Christina Cole (Lilith).
- Episode 3: Gridlock
The Doctor shows Martha the planet New Earth, but it's very different to the one he showed Rose… everyone on the planet seems
to be stuck in a traffic jam, whilst being threatened by monsters from the Doctor's past….
Commentary by Julie Gardner and actor Travis Oliver (
(The commentaries on this disc are all exclusive to this DVD set.)
- David Tennant's Video Diary. 29 minutes of video shot by David Tennant on the sets of these three episodes.
- BBC Trailers. 2 trailers used to advertise The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock on BBC1.
On Disc 3:
- Episode 4: Daleks in
1930 in
used in a hideous experiment by the last surviving Daleks in the universe… the Cult of Skaro.
Commentary by actress Miranda Raison (Tallulah), Costume Designer Louise Paige, and Writer Helen Raynor.
- Episode 5: Evolution of the Daleks (Part 2 of this 2-part story)
Commentary by actors David Tennant, Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Voices), and On Set Visual FX Supervisor Barney Curnow
- Episode 6: The Lazarus Experiment
Doctor takes Martha home to
to be human, and indeed he shall as he's invented a machine that can instantly reverse the process of aging. There may be some side
effects, though.
Commentary by actors David Tennant and Mark Gatiss (Professor Lazarus)
- Episode 7: 42
The Doctor and Martha answer a distress call from a spaceship that has exactly 42 minutes before it crashes into a sun.
Commentary by Russell T. Davies and Writer Chris Chibnall.
(The commentaries on this disc are also all exclusive to this DVD set.)
On Disc 4:
- Episode 8: Human Nature (Part 1 of this 2-part story)
To hide from powerful pursuers, the Doctor transforms himself into a human and rewrites his identity to believe he is John Smith,
an ordinary teacher at a boy's school in
what to do if their pursuers find them (and they do), they don't say anything about what to do if John Smith falls in love…
Commentary by Writer Paul Cornell, Director Charles Palmer, and
Music Composer
- Episode 9: The Family of Blood (Part 2 of this 2-part story)
Commentary by Producer Susie Liggat, Production Manager Tracie Simpson, and Supervising Art Director Arwel Wyn Jones.
- Episode 10: Blink
The Doctor is lost in time, parted from the TARDIS, sending messages of help to the future, to a young woman who can help
if only she can evade the Weeping Angels…
Commentary from Writer Steven Moffat and Music Composer
(The commentaries on this disc are also all exclusive to this DVD set.)
- David Tennant's Video Diary. 40 minutes of video shot by David Tennant on the sets of the episodes on discs 3 and 4 and also
on the set of the special Doctor Who edition of The Weakest Link.
- 1 Easter Egg. Highlight the blank area below to discover what it is (as if you couldn't guess) and how to find it.
Go into the Scene Selection menu and go to the last page of the menu for Blink. Highlight scene selection number 9
(the one with a picture of Larry's eyes trying not to blink) and then press up. The caption above will become highlighted.
Select this, and you will see the entire uncut 5-minute DVD Easter Egg from the episode of the Doctor talking to Sally Sparrow.
On Disc 5:
- Episode 11: Utopia (Part 1 of the 3-part finale) Guest stars John Barrowman as Capt. Jack Harkness and Derek Jacobi and John Simm as the Master.
The TARDIS tries to run away from the return of Captain Jack Harkness, all the way to the end of time, where the last vestiges of humanity
are trying to find Utopia, and where the Doctor finds out at last that he is not alone….
Commentary by David Tennant and Russell T. Davies
- Episode 12: The Sound of Drums (Part 2 of the 3-part finale)
Commentary by Julie Gardner and Producer Phil Collinson.
- Episode 13: Last of the Time Lords (Part 3 of the 3-part finale)
Commentary by Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, and Phil Collinson.
The first two commentaries are exclusive to this DVD set, however the last one is the same podcast one that's on the official
Doctor Who website. On the Region 2 (UK) edition of this set, this commentary is instead a new one with David Tennant,
Freema Agyeman, and John Barrowman.
Writing in his regular "Production Notes" column in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 390 (page 4), Executive Producer Russell
T. Davies had this to say on this issue:
"The Series Three box set contains the most wonderful commentary on Episode 13, with David,
Freema, and Johnny B all hooting away…except on the Region 1 version, which contains the podcast
Commentary. So what happened there?! Well, those three, let loose with a microphone, started improvising
away, imagining that Martha Jones walked the world during the Year That Never Was, spreading word of the
Doctor by folk-singing. Which is a hoot! But unfortunately, they improvise the tune around an established
song – I think it's Streets of London – which couldn't be copyright-cleared for the American market. Not
without paying thousands of pounds! And they don't just sing it once, oh no, not those three – it becomes a
running joke throughout; if we'd edited it out, the commentary would have sounded like Normal Collier's
microphone routine. (That's dating me.) So we had a choice with only days to go before the DVDs were due
to be duplicated. Dump the whole thing or make it available only on Region 2? It was just too good to lose
completely, so Region 2 won out – but all of this happened too late for the box set information to be changed.
So apologies for that! But it had to be preserved, in some shape or form, cos it's such a good laugh.
Consider it a rarity!"
BBC America had a free version of the DVD commentary available on their website for a time, but it has since been removed
from their website.
- BBC Trailers. Four trailers that advertised these episodes on BBC1.
On Disc 6:
- Doctor Who Confidential Cut Down. These are abbreviated versions of the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential
that accompanies each Doctor Who episode on its BBC broadcast. The originals ran 40-45 minutes. These are the
"highlight" versions that run 10-12 minutes each. There are 13 on this disc, one for every episode of the proper series.
Hosted by Anthony Head of School Reunion and Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame.
If one counts this series as a continuation of the original series, then these are ten stories, numbers 182-191, and episode numbers 734 through 747. Originally transmitted on Christmas 2006 and from March to June 2007 on BBC1.


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More notes taken during the DLD Conference, this time while listening to the Archives and memory panel, moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Taryn Simon is a young photographer whose images and writing have been exhibited internationally, and featured in numerous publications and broadcasts including The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, CNN, BBC, Frontline, and NPR.
In her latest photo series An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, Simon documents spaces that are intrinsic to the country's identity and daily functioning, yet inaccessible or unknown to average citizens. She brings into broad day light rarely seen sites from domains including: science, government, medicine, entertainment, nature, security and religion. The project was started at a time when the US were actively seeking to uncover secrets beyond its borders.
Her 70 color plates transform that which is off-limits or under-the-radar into a visible and intelligible form. These images, however, rarely reveal their secret until you read the text that accompanies them.
My favourite is the Transatlantic Submarine Cables Reaching Land (VSNL International, Avon, NJ). It is really scary to realize that something that looks so fragile and mundane as those orange cables holds the key to all the virtuality that has come to almost constitute the essence of my life.
The submarine telecommunications cables extend across the Atlantic Ocean. Capable of transmitting over 60 million simultaneous voice conversations, these underwater fiber-optic cables stretch from Saunton Sands in the UK to the coast of New Jersey, emerging directly into the VSNL International headquarters, where signals are amplified and split into distinctive wavelengths enabling transatlantic phone calls and internet transmissions.
Underwater fiber-optic cables are laid along the ocean's floor by specially designed ships. Cables are buried as they approach shore and armored to protect against undersea landslides, marine life (sharks, in particular), and fishing equipment. Fishermen are advised of cable locations as hooking one can interfere with international communication services as well as sink a boat.
At the risk of sounding ridiculous and naive, the photo of White Tiger (Kenny) almost broke my heart as much as it angered me.
Anchor Mona Atari at the Alhurra news desk in Springfield, Va. Alhurra is a US government-sponsored, Arabic-language television network devoted primarily to news and information. Established in Feb. 2004, the network broadcasts 24-hour, commercial-free satellite programming to an audience of 21 million weekly viewers in 22 Arab countries. In April 2004, a second, Iraq-focused channel, Alhurra Iraq, was launched.
The US government is authorized to disseminate information abroad about the US and its policies but it is prohibited to broadcast the same information domestically. Alhurra is Arabic for "the free one."
Visits to some sites were preceded by long correspondence. However, some never accepted Simon's requests. Disney, for example, denied her access to their underground facility. Their fax answer read:
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More in those picture galleries: The Morning News, Wired and pbase.
The second body of works Simon showed are part of The Innocents, a series of portraits of people who were cases of wrongful conviction in the United States and investigates photography's role in the in the criminal justice system by its ability to influence memory.
The artist traveled across the country talking to and photographing men and women convicted of crimes they did not commit. After having spent sometimes decades in prison, these men and women were cleared by DNA test results. In their cases, the primary cause of wrongful conviction was photography as it had lead to mistaken identification. The criminal justice system had failed to recognize the limitations of relying on photographic images.
This project stresses the cost of ignoring the limitations of photography and minimizing the context in which photographic images are presented. Nowhere are the material effects of ignoring a photograph's context as profound as in the misidentification that leads to the imprisonment or execution of an innocent person.
Simon photographed each person at a site that came to assume particular significance following his wrongful conviction: the scene of misidentification, the scene of arrest, the alibi location, or the scene of the crime.
The wrongfully convicted in these photographs were exonerated through the use of DNA evidence. However, for the majority of the wrongfully convicted, there is no DNA evidence. And when there is, as Simon writes, DNA evidence must be handled and stored and is therefore prey to human error and corruption. Evidence does not exist in a closed system. Like photography, it cannot exist apart from its context, or outside of the modes by which it circulates.
Photography is not the flawless medium of the eyes, it is a bit of a prostitute. Photography can be used by almost anyone, even with questionable agenda.
DLD panel on Future City (Part 1)
Last part of the notes i took during Future City, a panel curated by Carson Chan and Johannes Fricke and moderated by Kazys Varnelis. After Richard Saul Wurman, Patrik Schumacher, Charles Renfro, Bjarke Ingels took the stage for a memorable performance. I thought he deserved a whole post because his work is slightly less famous than the one of the other panelists. Besides, i never found the time to blog the works That he and his team were showing at the exhibition New Faces in European Architecture: David Adjaye, Jürgen Mayer H., PLOT=BIG+JDS, SeARCH at the NAI in Maastricht last year.
After co-founding PLOT Architects in 2001, Bjarke Ingels started his own office in 2006: BIG / Bjarke Ingels Group. Their work combines experimentation sustained by specific knowledge, social responsibility and humour. Three of his projects were the focus of his presentation: Superharbour, REN and Kløverkarreen.
The Superharbour project was an attempt to re-invent the role of an architect regarding the constant evolution of seas. It started with a proposal to "re-design Denmark, to re-brand the country".
Video of the Superharbour project:
The project started with a few facts:
- 40% of the coast line in Denmark is urbanized (compared to only 12% of the whole country), urbanity in the country is defined by the proximity to the sea. 2/3 of the Danes live within 5 km of the sea. But it is harbour and its industries that occupy the best plots of land.
- Containerization. 98% of goods travel on ships. Over time container ships have become bigger ad bigger and they also reach deeper in the ocean. As a result, boats cannot pass between Germany and Finland anymore. Solution envisioned by BIG: bridge the two countries by combining a bridge and a tunnel: the hybrid solution would cost less than building a full-length bridge or tunnel and would create an artificial island.
BIG proposed to use the island (located thus at the intersection between Europe and Scandinavia as well as between the "new" Europe and the rest of the world) as a Baltic super harbour where all the shipping traffic would be concentrated. According to BIG's analysis, the island would liberate 20 billion euros of prime real estate in Denmark's 12 biggest cities for new forms of life, instead of pushing people to the periphery of the cities where they want to live. Shaped like a star, the harbour will be organized around piers, each of them focusing its activities on its own program and uses.
People's Building (aka REN)
Video of the project:
It actually started as a project for a hotel in Sweden. But the building was never made. Later on, the architects discovered that the shape of the building is the same as the Chinese character 'Ren' which means People. The Chinese liked the building as they felt that it "bridges the gap between traditional China and progressive China."
"The REN Building is a proposal for a hotel, sports and conference center for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The building is conceived as two buildings merging into one. The first building, emerging from the water, is devoted to the activities of the body, and houses the sports and water culture center. The second building emerging from land, is devoted to the spirit and enlightment, and houses the conference center and meeting facilities. The two buildings meet in a 1000 room hotel, a building for living. The building becomes the Chinese sign for 'The People', and a recognizable landmark for the World Expo in China."
Kløverkarréen (aka The Clover Block):
Having followed the debate of the skyrocketing cost of market rate housing in the centre of Copenhagen, the designers of BIG wanted to come up with a new affordable housing proposal which would create 2,000 units. Their initiative came on the heels of Mayoral candidate Ritt Bjerregaard campaign pledge to fund 5,000 units of affordable housing to teachers, firemen, nurse and community service professionals, etc who can't afford to live in the center anymore. Following their habit of not waiting for a competition to be launched or for a developer to bring the designers a proposal, they started the Kløverkarréen project at their own initiative.
Kløverkarréen is built along the perimeter of a large recreational area, and will house 2,000 residents without losing a single recreational field. It is located closed to public transportation hubs, and to the city centre. The structure would provide generous daylight flats, a wind and noise barrier for people playing football in the recreational field (+ an audience for any match is always on hand), and it would be covered by a rooftop that can be used as a 3 kilometre promenade. BIG dubbed it "the Great Wall of China of housing."
The new mayor was seduced by the idea, the football clubs who usually train on the field agreed with the idea. However, some people in the neighbourhood did not want to share their green oasis with the less wealthy and opposed the development. A survey was carried and and it emerged that 64% of Copenhagen's citizens thought the project was a good one. A few months later, it was decided that project would indeed be carried out.
Bjarke Ingels believes that the role of architects is a constantly evolving one, they have the responsibility to make sure that the city evolves in the right direction.
Back from the DLD conference which was held in Munich on January 20-22. You can't count on me to report on the whole conference. However, Ulrike Reinhard is busy posting her notes and videos from the conference on her blog and you can find online the videos of some of the panels and presentations. I'd recommend Craig Venter & Richard Dawkins' discussion on Life: a gene-centric view and some of you might be interested in Design: from thoughts to actions, a panel featuring Greg Lynn, John Maeda, Yves Behar, Konstantin Grcic and Paola Antonelli.
The most exciting panel for me was dedicated to cities of the future.
Carson Chan, co-director of Program, one of my favourite galleries in Berlin, and Johannes Fricke, DLD associate curator of art and architecture', set up the cast. In the order of appearance: Kazys Varnelis as the moderator; Richard Saul Wurman as the character whose mission is to make the complex clear, Patrik Schumacher from Zaha Hadid Architects was the guy who shoots fascinating key concepts faster than his shadow, Charles Renfro from Diller Scofidio + Renfro as the archetype of the creative New Yorker and Bjarke Ingels in the role of the annoyingly young and bright rising star.
Cities are communication systems
Varnelis (the book he wrote together with Robert Sumrell, Blue Monday, should be on you Must Read list if you're into "Stories of Absurd Realities and Natural Philosophies") compared cities to communication systems. History shows how the two of them are closely interconnected. Think of the impact of the commercialization of Graham Bell's invention in the 19th century and how the suburbs wouldn't have developed the way they have without the tv. But what about the 21st century? What is the impact of the new media on cities and architecture and vice-versa?
Richard Wurman presented the 5-year project he is currently dedicating his energy to: 192021. The research is based on 19 cities which will count 20 millions inhabitants in 2021. The aim is to collect information about urban and business planning and its impact on consumers around the world. Corporate infrastructures who ambition to work "globally" are actually not ready for life, communication and business in these intense urban hubs. Ultimately, 192021 will provide a "roadmap for understanding the world ahead."
Visit the website to get some facts and figures about cities. The one i found most striking was the top 10 of the largest cities throughout the ages. In turns out that Cordova was the most populated city back in 1000, followed by Kaifeng in China and Istanbul. Paris appears in the top 10 only in 1500, ranking as the 8th largest city at the time. London appears as number 2 (behind Beijing) in 1800. In 2005, London is number 22 and Paris is not there anymore. Tokyo is currently the biggest city.
Parametric Urbanism
Patrik Schumacher mentioned that the challenge today for architects is to be able to comprehend and reflect in their work the increase in society complexity. Order and lack of complexity bring disorientation A quick look at the way urban areas were built in the 50s brought us makes the case clearer.
Schumacher had something like 12 minutes to run through a presentation which i imagine would usually last an hour. He therefore invaded the screen and our brains with a fast-paced series of images, renderings and key concepts that the Zaha Hadid office is working on. The main source of inspiration when exploring well-managed chaos and cacophony is nature or "Complex Order" (e.g. beehive). The idea is to simulate this nature, create a "second nature", to recreate natural systems and inject them into the design process. Key concepts:
Schumacher demonstrated how he and Hadid chose the Thames Gateway area as a testing ground in which to evolve new ways of approaching large-scale urban developments. Driven by architectural rather than town-planning concerns, they used a series of digital design techniques to develop an approach to urban regeneration which they call 'Parametric Urbanism'.
Hadid and Schumacher started with a research into the historic permutations of different building types in London and internationally. They examined four main building types: individual villas, high-rise towers, slab-shaped buildings and city-blocks. Then they used a modelling software to project these four building types over a base map of the Thames Gateway. They adjusted the model to reflect the area's current conditions, and used it to speculate on possible forms of future development. They tested multiple combinations of the different building types, often fusing them to create hybrid structures. The outcome of these experiments was documented in a large-scale image with a range of new forms during the Global Cities exhibition at the Tate Modern last Summer.
The Low Down on the High Line and Tales of Architectural Insider Trading
The studio Charles Renfro runs together with Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio is known for blurring the boundaries between architecture, art and technology. His talk focused on how one of their latest endeavours which blurs the lines between architecture, urbanism and the marketplace.
After he turned 40, Renfro bought a property on the 30th street in Manhattan. Coming from Brooklyn, it felt to him as if he had "left New York and entered America" because of the amount of ugly condos and, more generally, the banalization of the city.
The High Line, an elevated railroad stretching 1.45 miles along Manhattan's Westside, was used as food delivery rail line. Built in 1929, the High Line was partially torn down in 1960 and abandoned in 1980. The remains of the railway structure float above the city and intersect with the heart of hot art in Manhattan: Chelsea.
Many people wanted to get rid of the line. Until the not for profit organization Friends of the High Line decided to save the track and launch a competition to design a master plan for The High Line.
Images of the current state of the High Line show that pristine eco-system has developed since the track has been abandoned, with some plants native from New York and others brought by the food train and wind sewn along the track.
The competition, won by DSR, saved this romantic industrial ground with cracks and decay.
Why keep it? Because the night owl, the bird watchers, people who like to walk, etc. could enjoy spending some time up there. Important: no commercial developer would be allowed on the track.
DRS came with what they cal "Agri-Tecture", a merger of agriculture and architecture.
The first section of the project is already in construction.
The flipside of the High Line project is that some 50 projects of condos have flourished, attracted by the new landmark. The High Line and the building projects that derive from it form the biggest architectural project in the city since the turn of the 20th century. Still, some interesting "Starchitect Condos" should show up in next few years. They've been designed by Annabelle Seldorf,
That's a development that DRF had not expected.
Keep reading.... DLD panel on Future City (Part 2)


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June 8, 2008
The World's Most Expensive Fluid
For the longest time, I've tried to tell friends and family members that inkjet printers are a racket and create a completely false economy — they represent the razor blade business model on steroids. Consumers love the low entry price and seemingly have no problem whatsoever paying 40%-50% of the printer's cost just for ink refills. They also don't seem to notice that ink — especially black — is used at a supernaturally fast rate.
With my old printer, it took only 1.75 refills and I had bought the printer brand-new again.
With any luck, the jig will soon be up, because as it turns out, inkjet ink is the most expensive substance you'll ever buy:
And wouldn't you know, it turns out that printer ink, especially for photos, is probably the most expensive substance per volume you'll ever buy—more expensive than gold, oil, perfume, even blood in most cases. If you're buying name-brand ink cartridges, which typically hold a few milliliters of ink, you're shelling out the equivalent of between $3,000 and $5,000 per gallon. (Suddenly, spending $45 to fill your car's gas tank doesn't seem so extravagant, eh?) Just as an idea of how valuable this particular golden goose is, more than 40 percent of HP's $2.63 billion operating profits from last quarter came from it's imaging and printing group alone. In other words, ink keeps printer companies in the black.
So what to do about printing photos? I just send mine to Costco or even Apple and have them shipped to me, depending on urgency. That way, I avoid the cost of the printer, ink and paper. My only printer is a reliable Brother B&W laser, which I will replace with a color laser eventually (which won't be for photos).
Bottom line: these printers are a back-loaded ripoff and have been since day one. Now, most manufacturers (save HP) are even making their ink cartridges impossible to get aftermarket ink into, which means they can't be refilled easily (or at all).
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[…] The World's Most Expensive Substance Published June 8, 2008 asides , politics-social-racism , technology Tags: asides, Clusterflock, cost, Epson, HP, ink, inkjet, laserjet, social, technology Guess what it is? It's not gold or oil. It's inkjet ink. We are all paying between 3000$…? […]
Michael Grant Smith on
June 8th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I've been disgusted by the same thing for a long time. Once-durable investments like printers are eventually going to end up like disposable cameras. Print 250 pages and throw the whole thing away.
I wonder what Big Brown's semen would have fetched if he had finished at the other end of the order yesterday?
The math is too icky to calculate.
Derek White on
June 8th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Kodak had a printer I bought that was supposed to have really cheap ink, and it did, but problem is the printer sucked and I had to send it back to them. But in theory, it was a hell of a lot cheaper page per page.
For anyone that has ever tried refilling their own, again, nice in theory, but ends up being more trouble than it's worth…
They've got us by the balls.
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June 8th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I once saw a big stack of refurbished Epson inkjet printers on sale at a big electronic store here in Dallas. I forget the model but the printer was priced at $29. I was looking at them when a man came over, popped the cover off one they had opened for display, and extracted a cartridge. "Yes!" he said. "These are the retail-capacity cartridges! Sixty dollars worth of ink here!" He loaded three printers into his basket.
JM on
June 13th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
While I appreciate your analogy, a gallon of gold would be worth somewhere along the order of $2M. Quite a bit more costly than ink.
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May 7th, 2010 at 11:20 am
These assumptions are totally false,the most expensive fluid in the world is pyrophosphatase.
It costs 60 000 000€/liter
Rob on
May 7th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I also appreciate what you are getting at, but for argument's sake (sorry, gotta throw this one it) a more expensive fluid sometimes is coming from some of the world's finer sperm banks.


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If you like the excitement of snagging amazing time-limited deals from the comfort of your own home (yep, that's me! :D ), then you will definitely become a fan of Amazon.com's Lightning Deals. These Lightning Deals can be found here and go live at different times throughout the day allowing you to save BIG on popular toys, electronics, games and more.
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I've bought so much off of Amazon from Lightning Deals this week. I was able to get a refurbished Kinect for $59, a ton of movies, a pair of Kate Spade earrings for $30, a couple of toys. I can't Black Friday shop this year because I'm on crutches and Amazon has definitely filled the void!
We have been doing the same. Awesome, awesome deals. All delivered for free! What more could you ask for. Lovin it!!
These lightening deals make me angry! The second it's posted, they are gone. How does that work?
People are logged into their accounts and as soon as the deal is posted they add it to their cart. If it is something you really want and it is available go on waitlist. We were on the fence about a few items, researched them and then got on waitlist. The people who had them in their cart didn't checkout in time and it automatically goes to people on waitlist. You just need to keep checking back to see. It will give you a flag and tell you you have so long to checkout. Hope that makes sense.
I also bought several movies – barbie, lorax, and others for only 3.99 each. There are good deals out there.
The video games go so darn fast! aghhh! :)
I just got the Dell Inspiron laptop! I am so excited :-). Just keep refreshing for a minute before he deal goes live and don't be discouraged if you get the wait list. I was 500 plus on the waitlist and still managed to get it because I was already logged into my Amazon account and only had to click on a shipping option and then confirm my payment.
I did over 50% of my Xmas shopping with Lighting Deals last year. I'm not very thrilled with what I'm seeing this year. Anyone else feel the same?


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Popsicle Stick OrbitHave your children decorate a washer as a planet and a popsicle stick as the sun. Attach the washer to one side of a piece of yarn and the popsicle stick to the other (helps to cut a notch in the stick). Tell your children to hold the sun (Popsicle stick) and spin the yarn causing the planet to orbit.
Lite Brite ConstellationsIf you have a Lite Brite use it to make constellations, your children will be able to see the constellations much better on a Lite Brite.
Rocket LaunchPlace an Alka-Seltzer Tablet and a little water in a 35mm film cartridge and close the lid tightly. Place this on the floor and stand back. The top will very soon launch (the pressure from the gas causes the lid to pop off and fly about chest high)
TelescopePut two pieces of black tissue paper at the end of a paper towel tube and fasten it with a rubber band. Using a small object (pencil, pen, paperclip, etc.) punch several small holes in the tissue paper. Next let your children decorate their telescope however they see fit. When your children look through the telescope and hold it up to a light they will see stars!
Coffee Can GalaxyPut black paper around the inside of a large coffee can, then put three marbles (or one ping pong ball in a mixture of white paint and glue. Next take the marbles out and spoon them into the coffee can. Have one of your children shake and roll the can. Finally take the paper out and let your student put stars on the orbit path created by the marbles.