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Evolution of sorts

Don't you have the feeling that we've lost something? I remember more trees, nice old buildings, and more real sense for community. For example, I've worked in a public library for thirty years but these days the very few public libraries that are left don't even have a proper sign up nor decent books in

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
There are fewer publicly owned buildings and spaces and less for society to take pride in. Anything which cannot be evaluated in economic terms is assumed to have negligible value.

Not wishing to be pedantic, but of the three images above the 2020s one is most attractive to me. It is of modular construction which means it has been designed to minimise use of materials and can be recycled or disposed of safely when its useful life has ended. The 1990s version is probably in landfill right now, not doing a great deal.
val70 · 51-55
@SunshineGirl I know what you mean there, but I have the feeling that the buildings themselves in the pictures are the result of the thinking done in the previous decades. We're today well sunk into the thinking of minimization, so much so that the buildings aren't designed in the first to last long. Like someone else already touched upon in another reply, the self-service aspect inside the present day institutions put the enclosed society out of the door too
HowtoDestroyAngels · 46-50, M
@SunshineGirl At least the design of the 90's McDonald's with the animals on it probably gave a lot of little kids at least a little bit of joy though.
val70 · 51-55
@HowtoDestroyAngels You're right on that too. Not very inviting any more from the outside because the institution has lost the meaning of its existance. Go to the very first McDonald's and you'll see that vision there too
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@val70 That is true. It would be better to construct durable buildings in the first place.