“Connectivity is the new meta-pattern of our age” (Parag Khanna)
Among the popular urban planning buzzwords connectivity is currently king. Progressing from sustainability to resilience to connectivity makes some sense, especially when applied to cities: There’s no sustainability without resilience and no resilience without connectivity. In the universe of inspiring TED talkers simplifying our increasingly complex world, Parag Khanna and connectivity stand out.
Nobody speaks more glowingly about the global impacts of connectivity than this talk show guest du jour, "global strategist", and cosmopolitan based in Singapore, educated in the US. His new book:
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization is an urgent antidote to the provincialism of isolationists that is mushrooming in Europe and the US (The European Union and Brexit, the anti-trade agreement movements, the populist stands against immigration in the US). The book and his theories for everything catapult the media darling once again around the globe (
Video). Khanna likes cities and he has much to say about them:
“We are moving into an era where cities will matter more than states and supply chains will be a more important source of power than militaries – whose main purpose will be to protect supply chains rather than borders.” (Khanna)
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Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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