Containing the Fire

I received a lot of criticism to my first post about how I feel the evolution of this city needs to progress. While I in no way feel a physical fire is nessecary to raze New York to the ground. I do feel that a certain developmental zeal is lacking when it comes to the creation of 21^st century aesthetic for our city. Anyone who assumed otherwise by my previous entry clearly missed what was meant by spiritual fire.

As a contributing writer to Cabled Magazine I am in a position to both view new products and learn about recent developments in a variety of technical fields. It is my hope that here, on The Milk of Paradise, I can discuss how I feel these products and developments can be implemented into creating what I perceive as a 21^st century New York lifestyle.

One recent invention I learned about has paved the way for advancements in the auto industry and has created the possibly for a host of new automobile to role off assembly lines and into consumers hands. I am talking about the “Air Car.” The air car is just that, a car that runs on a combination of electricity and compressed air. It’s sleek, quiet, and absolutely futuristic. It presents a possibility to eliminate both air pollution and noise pollution in one fell swoop and turn New York into a shining beacon of the potential of 21^st century transportation. To learn more about the air car and how it can revolutionize the auto industry read my full expose in this months Cabled magazine.

On the architecture front there are plans for a new mega skyscraper to be built in the heart of downtown Manhattan. The primary concern New York residents have about this skyscraper is how it will alternate what they perceive to be city’s iconic skyline.  To me this is a ridiculous concern, the skyline of the city has been constantly evolving since the cities birth and wishing it to remain stagnant is the same as calling for the end of progress. The empire state building stood as the axis mundi of the city for more than 2/3^rds of the 20^th century. It’s time has passed and it is now time to embrace a new central beacon for the future.

To expand on this theme I would like to take a moment to talk about this city’s past. New York has stood for nearly four hundred years and many great landmarks have come and gone. Frankly, I find it silly to get sentimental over an object. A building is like any other gadget or product, and should be replaced when a newer, sleeker model comes along. Buildings are just things and, contrary to what some people living in this city seem to believe, do not have souls. They don’t go anywhere when they are demolished, they are simply replaced by the next thing. While I, like many people in the city, have grown attached to the aesthetics of certain buildings in this city, I would never allow this attachment to impede the progress of this city. When the time has come to replace the Bank of America building with a new, futuristic skyscraper, then so be it.

I’d like to end this entry on a personal note: The Cabled Magazine Developer party will be coming up next week. It notorious for being an event where independent inventors come and show off the things they’ve been working on. Things that they feel will hopefully shape the world of tomorrow. I’ll be sure to post some updates from the party so all my readers will get the first look at what could possibly be the future.