Alain de Botton's personal crusade against traditional architectural styles is tedious and self-serving. His arguments are misplaced; a cultural shift towards a "slow life" bothers him, so he attacks with circular argument after circular argument. "Let's embrace the future by embracing the future." He wants to see a futuristic world because he thinks it looks cool, and does his best to back his illogical position up with nonsense.
@fumanchu1k his argumENT is not misplaced and his premises all sufficiently contribute to proving it.
you view architectures as a style. Do you think the Egyptians viewed architecture as a style? when you look at those structures don't they strike you as what they really are (Egyptian not Mayan)? these days there is a distinction between the world that we live in and the way we place ourselves within it. The home is an escape... clearly we're not happy with the world...
@fumanchu1k we want technology technology technology but we ignore the technology that modern housing has. we only think of technology when we see a brand new led tv! or an ipad! Imagine if your home did the same thing for you that your favorite piece of technology does.
I can never take comments like yours seriously; the way you state things makes it seem like you think it's a matter of fact. But really you're just guessing at his motives.
i love norman foster's work!
seekthetruth6006 8 months ago
Alain de Botton's personal crusade against traditional architectural styles is tedious and self-serving. His arguments are misplaced; a cultural shift towards a "slow life" bothers him, so he attacks with circular argument after circular argument. "Let's embrace the future by embracing the future." He wants to see a futuristic world because he thinks it looks cool, and does his best to back his illogical position up with nonsense.
fumanchu1k 1 year ago
@fumanchu1k his argumENT is not misplaced and his premises all sufficiently contribute to proving it.
you view architectures as a style. Do you think the Egyptians viewed architecture as a style? when you look at those structures don't they strike you as what they really are (Egyptian not Mayan)? these days there is a distinction between the world that we live in and the way we place ourselves within it. The home is an escape... clearly we're not happy with the world...
dimeloloco 1 year ago 2
@fumanchu1k we want technology technology technology but we ignore the technology that modern housing has. we only think of technology when we see a brand new led tv! or an ipad! Imagine if your home did the same thing for you that your favorite piece of technology does.
dimeloloco 1 year ago 2
@fumanchu1k
I can never take comments like yours seriously; the way you state things makes it seem like you think it's a matter of fact. But really you're just guessing at his motives.
mellamosean 10 months ago