Date: February 20th, 2009

Cities imply optionality and that requires privacy: Part 2, the price of peeping

20 February, 2009 (10:39) | Cities, Politics, Primer Posts, Speculation, Theory |

[Continued from yesterday's Part 1.]   Yesterday’s speculation on the relationship in cities between optionality (our ability to see others) and privacy (our desire to prevent them seeing us) used housing, the linchpin of cities, and the seminal study of peeping, Rear Window:   Wholesome or unhealthy?  Milk, a sandwich, and a telephoto lens   [...]