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President Clinton Interviews Roman Mars

99% Invisible

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What Is the Value of the Things That We Build?

The founding of most cities can be pretty haphazard. But disasters like the chicago fire and the 19 o six earthquake give people a chance to really start with a plan. What i'm interested in is what are the values of the things that we build, and what does it say about us? And how does it change over time? The effect of things? It's the human activity that centers around these objects.

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