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If you abandon hope that the original problem will shape the solutions to be discovered, fecundity explodes. Intellectual Ventures operates on the premise that good ideas are a dime a dozen.

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ODOT reached out to two communities of local designers, and then something unique happened. ODOT asked artists to help them, and then they asked architects to help too. Rather than run these two conversations in parallel, they decided to fold them together.

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Citizens catch a romantic movie and pick up a marriage certificate without moving their car. Dog tags upstairs, dog grooming downstairs. Death certificates above florists. Most importantly, people could believe that government doesn’t exist at all if that suited them best. Our city government would move beyond transparency to invisibility.

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That sprawl-friendly model of development turns out to be rooted in a shared psychosis that is uniquely and pervasively American. It’s drawn from a sitcom-inspired image of family and community that no longer exists, if it ever did.

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If every Oregonian had free and fast Internet access, how often would they not need to go someplace else? If people drove less, roads would need less repairing.

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Published Friday, August 8, 2008 in The Register-Guard. When I think about what I love best about home, there’s one item that’s not an item at all, but a huge comfort nonetheless. After living in Eugene for about a dozen years, I know how long most things take. I’m sure economists can and do measure [...]

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Published Friday, Feb. 29, 2008 in The Register-Guard. Urban planning makes a great hobby, I’ve been told, for those with a hundred years to spare. Few of us have the patience (or the talent) to craft such a grand unifying vision. But we can all do our part and sometimes those parts can be rearranged [...]

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