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| * Consider whether to make access to sunlight [[https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/comments/11eqfhc/the_solar_envelope_how_to_heat_and_cool_cities/|a foundation of your urban planning]] or whether people would want to [[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250715-how-old-dubais-historic-streets-beat-extreme-heat|minimize it to stay cool]]. | * Consider whether to make access to sunlight [[https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/comments/11eqfhc/the_solar_envelope_how_to_heat_and_cool_cities/|a foundation of your urban planning]] or whether people would want to [[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250715-how-old-dubais-historic-streets-beat-extreme-heat|minimize it to stay cool]]. |
| * I've seen some claims that the villages the Puebloan peoples [[https://www.nps.gov/meve/learn/historyculture/cliff_dwellings_home.htm|built in cliff alcoves on the sides of mesas]] were intended to benefit from winter sunlight while sheltering from summer sunlight, but since most of those articles didn't get the name of the people right, I'm now doubtful that that fits. It could just be the alcoves were more sheltered than living up on the mesa tops where they farmed. (I'll update once I've done some more reading) | * I've seen some claims that the villages the Puebloan peoples [[https://www.nps.gov/meve/learn/historyculture/cliff_dwellings_home.htm|built in cliff alcoves on the sides of mesas]] were intended to benefit from winter sunlight while sheltering from summer sunlight, but since most of those articles didn't get the name of the people right, I'm now doubtful that that fits. It could just be the alcoves were more sheltered than living up on the mesa tops where they farmed. (I'll update once I've done some more reading) |
| * In addition, consider passive systems like [[https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/06/dressing-and-undressing-the-home/|Awnings]] and [[https://www.womanandhome.com/homes/homes-news/victorian-sash-window-hack-air-conditioning/|sash windows]] which were common before air conditioning. | * In addition, consider passive systems like [[https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/06/dressing-and-undressing-the-home/|Awnings]] and [[https://www.womanandhome.com/homes/homes-news/victorian-sash-window-hack-air-conditioning/|sash windows]] which [[https://slrpnk.net/post/11578966|were common]] before air conditioning. |
| * From what I've read, [[https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/derinkuyu-turkey-underground-city-strange-maps|cave cities]] were mostly [[https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220810-derinkuyu-turkeys-underground-city-of-20000-people|designed around defense]], but the stable underground temperature also provided protection from cold winters and extremely hot summers. Below ground, the ambient temperature is constant and moderate. As a bonus, it is easier to store and keep harvest yields away from moisture and thieves. | * From what I've read, [[https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/derinkuyu-turkey-underground-city-strange-maps|cave cities]] were mostly [[https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220810-derinkuyu-turkeys-underground-city-of-20000-people|designed around defense]], but the stable underground temperature also provided protection from cold winters and extremely hot summers. Below ground, the ambient temperature is constant and moderate. As a bonus, it is easier to store and keep harvest yields away from moisture and thieves. |
| * [[https://slrpnk.net/post/2963315|This post on How to build a heat-resilient city]] has a bunch of low-tech solutions to hot climates/seasons. | * [[https://slrpnk.net/post/2963315|This post on How to build a heat-resilient city]] has a bunch of low-tech solutions to hot climates/seasons. |
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| In a way, the idea of the structured system of independent drivers operating on planned routes is itself a technology which can fit any vehicle such as water taxis, or [[https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/how-to-downsize-a-transport-network-the-chinese-wheelbarrow/|Chinese wheelbarrows]]. | In a way, the idea of the structured system of independent drivers operating on planned routes is itself a technology which can fit any vehicle such as water taxis, or [[https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/12/how-to-downsize-a-transport-network-the-chinese-wheelbarrow/|Chinese wheelbarrows]]. |
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| | On that subject, [[https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2026/04/rediscovering-the-handcart/|a well-balanced hand cart]] with two wheels can be remarkably useful for moving heavy or bulky cargos - or even allowing a pair or group to move faster by taking turns riding, allowing one or some to rest without taking time to stop. |
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| There's a ton of alternative ways to organize and run a society, many of which have been done at some place and time, sometimes successfully for hundreds of years. Capitalism doesn't like acknowledge that other systems can work and our current society has done a fair job of burying some of this history. This is one area where I hope we can expand this article in the future, though I'll acknowledge that I'm not terribly qualified to gather and write up these snippets of other cultures. | There's a ton of alternative ways to organize and run a society, many of which have been done at some place and time, sometimes successfully for hundreds of years. Capitalism doesn't like acknowledge that other systems can work and our current society has done a fair job of burying some of this history. This is one area where I hope we can expand this article in the future, though I'll acknowledge that I'm not terribly qualified to gather and write up these snippets of other cultures. |
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| | From a modern perspective the original Luddites look a lot like a labor movement given the antifa scare treatment by the ownership class of their day: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-the-luddites-really-fought-against-264412/ |
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