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[[Heinz Wittenbrink]] about this year's re:publica conf in Berlin. (E and I visited in 2014 didn't go back)<br /> Discusses if there's a proper connection between the digerati of old (see my Reboot at 20yrs post) and climate aware circles, wrt getting to action.

Interesting examples of shrinking travel time (and costs) in the UK in the 18th and 19th centuries. These examples fit [[De 19e eeuwse infrastructuren 20080627201224]] [[Sociale effecten van 19e eeuwse infra 20080627201425]] I described at Reboot 10, 2008, where the scale of novel infra allowed a shift of regional perspectives to the aggregation level of a nation state. Stross compares travel times of 18th century roads and 19th century rail to the advent of mass flight in the 20th, which is similar in time/cost. It's also a qualitative shift away from nation to mass and global (but with the nation as go-between and shorthand)