Reviews for The global city

The average rating for The global city based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-04-02 00:00:00 Michael Fitzpatrick If you want a clear explanation of what a third of my time at work is devoted to and why it is not a violation of property rights for me to do so, this is a great book. I like his concept of collective property rights and the role that zoning plays in protecting them. I would recommend this book to any novice Planning Commission, ZBA or DRB member. If nothing else it makes explaining yourself in the produce aisle at the supermarket easier.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-16 00:00:00 John Johnson Dialogs between David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti, enjoyable and provoking on the nature of thought, consciousness, and time. A central theme is the suggestion that humanity took a wrong turn in its history, leading to the present day sorrow, conflict, and war. I couldn't help but to feel this is an erroneous presupposition, while tempting, it seems to necessarily lead to the very desire and becoming that both Bohm and Krishnamurti are speaking against-- a psychological becoming where humanity may witness inward revolutions leading to the cessation of suffering, the very suffering caused by desire for becoming. It seems the notion of a "wrong" turn presupposes a division between what is and what could have been. That said, the discussion about time and conscious thought was incredibly insightful; so insightful, in fact, that it led me to question the central theme of humanities wrong turn.