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Hypertrophy of Information and the Individual

“The hypertrophy of information likewise trends to interfere with our enjoyment in the repetition of a work. For the presence of information as a factor in literature has enabled writers to rely greatly upon ignorance as a factor in appeal. Thus, they will relieve a reader’s ignorance about a certain mountain in Tibet, but when [...]

21st Century, 20 Million People, 19 Cities

I found out today that Richard Saul Wurman (creator of L.A.T.C.H., founder of the TED conferences, and renown information architect) is my alumni. He graduated from UPenn back in the late 50’s with a bachelor’s in architecture and a masters in architecture. Though we also share the same undergrad alma mater, I was more interested [...]