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I recently read a review on the prospectus for another dome. They were talking
about how a lot of culture has faded from vonearthan society because of how
standardized everything has become. And I must say that I agree. I understand
why it happened. The basic design of the arcologies on Earth are perfect for
what they’re intended to be. Each unit is a small and efficient living space,
and they’re connected in such a way that allows modularization for shifting
needs. You can open a door to grant a neighbor’s access to your units, or
close them when you’re a teenager who needs to exert more independence.
Everyone has a window, yet the structure is sound, because the spokes
distribute the weight evenly, and over a sufficiently wide area. They’re nice,
but they’re best for people who don’t care about what their homes look like,
probably because they spend most of their time in simulations, or at least on
the network. What your dwelling looked like, and how it was arranged, used to
be profoundly important. I cannot stress to you enough how crucial it
was for people to get to decide what their homes were like. That is what made
it a home in the first place. There were multiple channels on linear
television with dozens of programs about people finding, building, remodeling,
or selling homes. And that’s before you include all the innumerable web
content. It was a subculture of our society, and it went away due to a number
of factors, which I’ve already touched upon. But the biggest moves happened in
tandem with the shift to a post-scarcity economy. The government couldn’t put
effort into building something to your specifications, or with any sort of
flair or whimsy. Even before megastructures, they came up with a few models,
and everyone got the same thing, because it was the most fair. Castlebourne
gives us the opportunity to go back to the creativity of yesterday, in many
respects, and in this respect, Archidome is the place for original
architecture. It was empty at first—I really wish I had been here to see that.
If you come here, you’re supposed to design your own building. It doesn’t have
to be a single-family home. It can be an apartment complex, or a museum, or
even a cathedral. The only restriction, really, is that you have to hold the
rights to the intellectual property. I’ve heard a number of stories about
visitors hoping to recreate some structure from their favorite movie, and
that’s just not what this is for. Again, you get to decide what you build, and
what it’s used for. It may never be used for its intended purpose, or anything
at all. It’s up to you to promote it, and try to get visitors. I’m sure, over
time, as the population of this planet in general increases, the chances that
someone comes to see what you’ve created will go up. Until then, you might
just have to be satisfied with the completion of the project itself. I’m proud
of my columbarium, even though people don’t really die anymore. I’m proud of
it because its mine, and it’s real. What will you create?
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