Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments. Bob Goodlatte bulldozebusinesscitizen Change image and share on social
Cities might become biological entities, walls hung with curtains of algae that glow at night and sequester carbon, and floors made from tweaked cellular material that strengthens like bones as we walk on it. Annalee Newitz algabiologicalbone share on social
Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping trips to buy stuff that'll spend a few short months in our homes and long centuries in our landfills. Alex Steffen bigbillbuilding share on social
Cities perform most functions in a very Industrial Age model. Jennifer Pahlka agecityfunction Change image and share on social
Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need. David Guterson citymelancholyproduce Change image and share on social
Cities produce love and yet feel none. A strange thing when you think about it, but perhaps fitting. Cities need that love more than most of us care to imagine. Cities, after all, for all their massiveness, all their there-ness, are acutely vulnerable. Junot Diaz acutelycarecity share on social
Cities simply don't have the powers they need to radically innovate in cutting obesity or the number of disaffected teenagers. Geoff Mulgan citycutdisaffect Change image and share on social
Cities tolerate crazy people. Companies don't. Geoffrey West citycompanycrazy Change image and share on social
Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing. Bill Dedman citydnatest Change image and share on social
