On the one hand, it’s surprising to see so much previously private communication become public (e.g., MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Google caches). On the other, we’ve always had a variety of public spaces. I just don’t think we’ve ever had so many of them.
Picture us now. So many private walls replaced with public facing windows. Many of those windows pulled open, the sounds drifting in and out. We’re many of us suddenly always in earshot of one another. Our voices layered but searchable. Soon, we’ll all be translated.
If previous centuries have had astounding “choruses” – rebirths, reformations, and revolutions – how much easier won’t it be for choruses, broad and small, to swell in this ever more precisely laid out city?