charles montgomery
intro’d to Charles via Daniele‘s recommendation to read happy city.
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2014 tedxvancouver:
the happy city experiment
my book – happy city – looking at intersection between happiness and urban design..
found happiness not with money but with human connection..
not that money doesn’t matter.. it does…
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15 min – game – urbanology
but what if – science of people is keeping us from answering legit
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march 2014 – Making Cities Happy
build a machine for making connections
urbanology – building the city you want
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april 2014 – Charles Montgomery Talks “Happy City” with Mark Gorton
most powerful source of happiness.. human connection..
7 min – happier – ones who bike/walk to work/school
what about – if we made work/school irrelevant.. still bike/walk
8 min – the nugget of this problem.. we’re actually not that good for maximizing happiness…
we all have a rough time choosing the right thing..
because spinach or rock ness.. no?
so science of people ness
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2011 – Meet Charles Montgomery, BMW Guggenheim Lab Team – New York
i became addicted to cities… the way we choose to live together in the city
in the city. as the day. a nother way.
cure ios city ness
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find/follow Charles:
his site:
http://www.charlesmontgomery.ca/
the happy city lab site:
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a people experiment – vision versions – rat park ness
city sketchup ness
money less ness
addiction ness
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be you. 