Dallas, part of TED conversation

The TED conference has increasingly emphasized cities in their talks and conversations. TED 2018 speakers include: Vishaan Chakrabarti, the Dallas Festival of Ideas keynote speaker a few years back who said Dallas should not be tamed; Ian Firth, who has designed many of the world’s most amazing bridges emphasizing elegance and beauty; Renzo Piano, the architect who designed the natural light-filled Nasher in Dallas; Ingrid Fetell Lee, a speaker I am hosting whose book The Aesthetics of Joy is coming out this year; and in addition there is a Target private dinner discussing design’s role in the city’s greater good, in conjunction with the public art project, the Mile Long Opera. At TED, whether it is housing, autonomous vehicles, education, criminal justice, technology, health, or art, these topics increasingly relate to cities, a primary interest of many attending TED. My badge invites those here to ask me about HQ2=Trinity Groves, cities. While the competing cities’ pitch for Amazon HQ2 might homogenize the attributes of these various cities, in my opinion this search highlights the differences in the cities. Dallas is open and innovative which will allow individual Amazon employees to make an impact on the city. Dallas is dynamic, so it will be able to make a positive impact on the Amazon employees.
http://douglasnewby.com/2018/02/amazon-hq2-site-trinity-groves/
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