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Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by cody_ellingham »

DocTomoe wrote: post #33
cody_ellingham wrote: post #8

I published a photobook 'Danchi Dreams' in 2018 that captured the massive Japanese apartment blocks from the same era as Nakagin. The apartment buildings, known as 'danchi', were constructed from the 1960s - 1980s to replace burnt-out cities and house a booming population. Though they might not be quite as spectacular as what the Metabolists dreamed up I think they shared a forward-looking vision for what the modern…

I was really excited seeing the images, and the book (japanese architecture old and new is something I geek out on), until I realized it's sold out.

Sorry! There was only a small run but I hope to do a second edition one day.

Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by cody_ellingham »

frxx wrote: post #50
cody_ellingham wrote: post #8

I published a photobook 'Danchi Dreams' in 2018 that captured the massive Japanese apartment blocks from the same era as Nakagin. The apartment buildings, known as 'danchi', were constructed from the 1960s - 1980s to replace burnt-out cities and house a booming population. Though they might not be quite as spectacular as what the Metabolists dreamed up I think they shared a forward-looking vision for what the modern…

I've known about your book for quite some time, though I don't own it. Nontheless, fantastic photography on the website!

Thank you.

Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by cody_ellingham »

2ion wrote: post #82
cody_ellingham wrote: post #8

I published a photobook 'Danchi Dreams' in 2018 that captured the massive Japanese apartment blocks from the same era as Nakagin. The apartment buildings, known as 'danchi', were constructed from the 1960s - 1980s to replace burnt-out cities and house a booming population. Though they might not be quite as spectacular as what the Metabolists dreamed up I think they shared a forward-looking vision for what the modern…

Do you sell a digital edition somewhere?

No digital copy sorry!

Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by cody_ellingham »

beyondcompute wrote: post #80
cody_ellingham wrote: post #8

I published a photobook 'Danchi Dreams' in 2018 that captured the massive Japanese apartment blocks from the same era as Nakagin. The apartment buildings, known as 'danchi', were constructed from the 1960s - 1980s to replace burnt-out cities and house a booming population. Though they might not be quite as spectacular as what the Metabolists dreamed up I think they shared a forward-looking vision for what the modern…

That looks so good! Can I see more images somewhere? Is electronic version of the book available?

Unfortunately not at the moment sorry!

Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by rbg246 »

CapricornNoble wrote: post #96
checker wrote: post #89

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Yeah I'll take decent in-flight internet connectivity over massive amounts of fuel being consumed to get to the destination faster.

I'd like the option of supersonic travel for transoceanic voyages. I'm looking at plane tickets back to the East Coast from Japan.... Tokyo to Dallas alone is ~12hrs, total travel time ~24hrs across 3 flights. Flying to the other side of the planet faster would be far more valuable to me than even browsing HN while airborne (I tend to sleep through my flights, no matter how long, anyway).

I totally agree but at what price point.

I do think supersonic was just priced out of the market. Would you pay twice for the time saving?

Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by CapricornNoble »

rbg246 wrote: post #105
CapricornNoble wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd like the option of supersonic travel for transoceanic voyages. I'm looking at plane tickets back to the East Coast from Japan.... Tokyo to Dallas alone is ~12hrs, total travel time ~24hrs across 3 flights. Flying to the other side of the planet faster would be far more valuable to me than even browsing HN while airborne (I tend to sleep through my flights, no matter how long, anyway).

I totally agree but at what price point. I do think supersonic was just priced out of the market. Would you pay twice for the time saving?

Doubling the price of the peasant seats would be roughly equivalent to the price of business class. If that cut my total travel time in half...yeah, I think I would fork over the money for that.

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Post by pfdietz »

CapricornNoble wrote: post #96
checker wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah I'll take decent in-flight internet connectivity over massive amounts of fuel being consumed to get to the destination faster.

I'd like the option of supersonic travel for transoceanic voyages. I'm looking at plane tickets back to the East Coast from Japan.... Tokyo to Dallas alone is ~12hrs, total travel time ~24hrs across 3 flights. Flying to the other side of the planet faster would be far more valuable to me than even browsing HN while airborne (I tend to sleep through my flights, no matter how long, anyway).

Given that Concorde's maximum range is less than the distance from Tokyo to Dallas, I suspect you'd end up saving little time on that leg with it, as you'd add an extra stop. The rest of your trip sounds like mostly waiting in airports. How does an SST help with that? If anything, the lower traffic on expensive SST flights would tend to make the flights less frequent, increasing those waits. It might end up taking longer.

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Post by eru »

joe_the_user wrote: post #97
eru wrote: post #74

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Part of the reason air travel was rare and expensive was regulation. De-regulation of air travel made it cheap and commonplace. See eg https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/AirlineDeregulation.html

Yep, Deregulation made air travel cheap, commonplace and miserable . I took Greyhound across the country several times in t70s. The quality of travel in airplanes is essentially at that level - but much faster of course. The 1950-70s were an era of regulated private monopolies. Those regulation stood in the way of all sorts of progress but also gave a substantial portion of the working class a middle class income. I'…

You can still get really, really good air travel, if you are willing to pay those past prices.

Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by eru »

mahogany wrote: post #88
eru wrote: post #73

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> But many people also live in a far more precarious economy, [...] What? Global inequality has dropped through the floor compared to the 70s. People in India and China used to starve, now they have smartphones.

To be pedantic, a reduction in poverty is not the same as a reduction in inequality. Your example of India and China seems to be pointing to the former. Also, from a US-centric point of view, it seems to me that economic inequality has gotten worse since the 70s, or at least the 80s. See for example: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-... or https://academic.oup.com/cje/article-abstract/37/4/…

> To be pedantic, a reduction in poverty is not the same as a reduction in inequality. Your example of India and China seems to be pointing to the former.

No, I meant that not only has absolute poverty declined, global (!) inequality has also declined.

There is now more inequality inside of China then there was when everyone was really poor in Mao's time. Yes. Hence the emphasis on global: the vast mass of Chinese people are closer to eg American standards of living than ever in the past.

(American) wage stagnation is a myth mostly produced by being sloppy with inflation adjustment.

Re: The Last Days of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower

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Post by eru »

ben_w wrote: post #91
eru wrote: post #75

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> Yes, though this and electric cars both required a single man with combination of wealth, charisma and ability to think beyond their own wallet [...] Elon Musk became the richest African-American in the process. I don't think he needed to think beyond his own wallet? (He might have or not. I don't know what he's thinking.)

Both SpaceX and Tesla came close to bankruptcy, and he started the former and took over the latter with enough PayPal money to spend the rest of his life in extreme comfort.

He certainly seems to have a high enough risk tolerance. But I am fairly sure he still his (subjective) expected value was still positive.
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