The Fever at 7,000: When Numbers Become Glass Ceilings

The Fever at 7,000: When Numbers Become Glass Ceilings

There is a moment—often quiet, sometimes anxious—when human intuition stops scaling with the numbers in front of it. Growth curves steepen, forecasts compound, and expectations detach from lived experience. What emerges is not a physical limit, nor even an...
The medium sized problems!

The medium sized problems!

This idea begins in urbanism, but it is not limited to cities. It describes a recurring organizational failure that appears wherever responsibility is shared, value is collective, and decision-making is centralized. Urbanists often notice it first because cities make...
A Tariff, an Ad, and a Century of Complacency

A Tariff, an Ad, and a Century of Complacency

When Donald Trump announced that he would raise “the tariff on Canada” by 10 percent “over and above what they are paying now,” Ottawa’s response was instant: surprise, frustration, and confusion.The spark this time? An Ontario government ad...