Entry #52

Mehtropolis

Carlos Guzman

Max Diperstein

A vision of a dystopian future where people congregate in abandoned, underground infrastructure (e.g., former subway platforms, tunnels, etc.) where wireless signals cannot reach, as the only way to take refuge from advertisements that increasingly permeate all aspects of our lives.

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• Metadata:
• • The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
    1  (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech)
• • Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
    1  (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific)
• • Degree of commercial potential
    1  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    Not Applicable  (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change)
• • Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    3  (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change)
• • Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
    1  (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)