Critical Nonsense
260! Tree Timebombs
Why should we be concerned wth generationally slow timebombs?
This week, Joey and Jess talk about trees, the Bradford pear, city planning, Barcelona, pilot programs, and the candy bowl theory. They don’t talk about Cameo.
references
- @jjvincent on the tree timebomb in the UK.
- The Guardian: Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade
- The New York Times from 1964: BRADFORD PEAR HAS MANY ASSETS; New Ornamental Fruit Offers Sturdy Form And Early Bloom
- The New York Times from 2021: A Tree That Was Once the Suburban Ideal Has Morphed Into an Unstoppable Villain
- Superilla
- Biological Control
- The Psychology of the Candy Bowl
- Dunbar's number
- Street activity sensors in NY
- Definitely Maybe