Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
A proto-arcology
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6675832" data-attributes="member: 13107"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Wasn't meaning to be overly critical in my response. My apologies if that's how I presented myself.</p><p></p><p>I found the degree of self containment to make the building a nice case to use to explore questions of sustainability. The complex is not truly self contained, since a lot of the people that live there go outside the building to work, and because the building must rely, to a degree, on resources brought from outside.</p><p></p><p>The self containment does blur social stratification, including the separation of government from the governed. Or at least, that's what I'm imagining. I could be very off on that, with the building being owned and managed by folks who live far away, and the government might be largely located elsewhere. In either case, we can explore what that means using the building as a simple case.</p><p></p><p>E.g., without a long term plan, the people of the building must eventually leave, since the build will eventually fail. Then, we can use that as a metaphor for how people are treating this planet as a whole, and, unlike the people in the building, we have no-where to go. Or, if there is no long term plan, what does that say in regards to whether people will be able to deal with environmental and other global issues. That is, what hope do we have if this small enclave can't see to making a plan for sustainability?</p><p></p><p>Of course, I could be very wrong about that too, and they have made clear plans for the future. I'm very curious now about how the community is addressing these issues.</p><p></p><p>Thx!</p><p></p><p>TomB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 6675832, member: 13107"] Hi, Wasn't meaning to be overly critical in my response. My apologies if that's how I presented myself. I found the degree of self containment to make the building a nice case to use to explore questions of sustainability. The complex is not truly self contained, since a lot of the people that live there go outside the building to work, and because the building must rely, to a degree, on resources brought from outside. The self containment does blur social stratification, including the separation of government from the governed. Or at least, that's what I'm imagining. I could be very off on that, with the building being owned and managed by folks who live far away, and the government might be largely located elsewhere. In either case, we can explore what that means using the building as a simple case. E.g., without a long term plan, the people of the building must eventually leave, since the build will eventually fail. Then, we can use that as a metaphor for how people are treating this planet as a whole, and, unlike the people in the building, we have no-where to go. Or, if there is no long term plan, what does that say in regards to whether people will be able to deal with environmental and other global issues. That is, what hope do we have if this small enclave can't see to making a plan for sustainability? Of course, I could be very wrong about that too, and they have made clear plans for the future. I'm very curious now about how the community is addressing these issues. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
A proto-arcology
Top