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Geoffrey B. West: The Universal Laws of Growth and Pace

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The Positive Feedback Loop of Enhancing Interactions

The pace of life is inextricably increasing because of this super linear behaviour. When you walk in a city, you are still part of the network. And here's an interesting phenomenon that has come about because of that. Research revealed almost half the nation found the slow pace of high streets to be their biggest shopping bugbear. So what did Liverpool do? They introduced and that's what this picture is, a fast lane for walking. And other cities are beginning to follow it.

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