Saving Cities
Abstract
Having established an account of saving technologies in the previous chapter, this one moves towards saving cities. This move's motivation is to show that if the former can help increase positive mental states (love, joy, etc.) that create better mental lives, we can work towards meaningfully giving the latter the same categorization. On the one hand, this position holds that having many saving technologies creates numerous opportunities for them to work in unison to achieve the outcome above. On the other hand, it shows that cities, when thought about as technologies, can qualify as saving technologies, also. In turn, it makes sense to call such places "saving cities", especially when considering that they could protect people from some immediate harm and humankind from an anthropogenic demise. To make this case, this chapter explores a somewhat novel housing technology called "cohousing." The purpose behind this move is to exhibit how to apply the structure of "saving" to a technology that can facilitate immediate efforts that can help shape mental life, which could also contribute to long-term strategies to do the same on a municipal scale.
Recommended Citation
Epting, S. R. (2021). Saving Cities. SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, pp. 39-49. Springer.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85833-9_5
Department(s)
Arts, Languages, and Philosophy
Keywords and Phrases
Cohousing; Saving cities; Saving technology
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2211-4556; 2211-4548
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
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Publication Date
01 Jan 2021
