#5yrsago The peculiar hazards of #megaprojects https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2424835

#5yrsago The #ClownEgg Register: photos of the painstakingly painted eggs that English clowns stake their faces on https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/8/20/17719884/clown-egg-register-luke-stephenson-helen-champion

#5yrsago How much would #UniversalHealthCare really cost? https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2018/08/calculate-costs-medicareforall-properly.html

#5yrsago 22 states jointly petition the Federal Circuit appeals court to reinstate #NetNeutrality https://web.archive.org/web/20181109180138/https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-files-suit-stop-illegal-rollback-net-neutrality

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After decades of studying why big projects go awry, #OxfordUniversity prof #BentFlyvbjerg offers advice on how to keep things on track. Decades ago Oxford prof Flyvbjerg sought to find out how often major infrastructure projects were completed on time, on budget. He found no one kept track, so he created his own database - the vast majority of #megaprojects those w value of at least $1B did not meet their budget or deadline. #IT upgrades were among those w worst outcomes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/04/28/infrastructure-projects-time-budget/

#Infographics: The World's #Megaprojects.

Right now, there are several projects underway that exceed the size of $100 billion - despite the fact that $10 billion construction proposals were considered to be megaproject just some years ago.

https://www.statista.com/chart/29653/megaprojects/

Protecting Mother #Kuskokwim & Stopping the #DonlinGoldMine Project

"Over the past several months under the Biden Administration, several fossil fuel #MegaProjects or '#CarbonBombs' have been approved with a mega #GoldMining project currently under proposal and in opposition by numerous #Alaska Native organizations, communities, and nations."

https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/protecting-mother-kuskokwin-stopping-the-donlin-gold-mine-project

#FirstNations #NativeAmericans #mining #GoldMines #mines #extractivism #ecocide #NoDonlin #fisheries

#AmericanIndianAirwaves

Protecting Mother #Kuskokwin & Stopping the #DonlinGoldMine Project

"Over the past several months under the Biden Administration, several fossil fuel #MegaProjects or '#CarbonBombs' have been approved with a mega #GoldMining project currently under proposal and in opposition by numerous #Alaska Native organizations, communities, and nations."

https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/protecting-mother-kuskokwin-stopping-the-donlin-gold-mine-project

#FirstNations #NativeAmericans #mining #GoldMines #mines #extractivism #ecocide #NoDonlin #fisheries

#AmericanIndianAirwaves

I hate #skyscrapers They look like something out of 'War of the Worlds'. I remember when I was about 11 (1994), standing on the top of Tower Bridge walkway looking at the skyline of London. The only ugly buildings back then were the Natwest Tower (Tower 42) and some other nondescript dark tall rectangles. Now it's got all sorts of rubbish sticking up into the sky and looming over streets. The shard is the worst offender. The size is so overbearing. #megaprojects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmwH_S2IvxY

Murder Inc. of #IndigenousPeoples in #Mexico & Repudiating the #DoctrineOfDiscovery: #LandBack?

Guest: #RichardStahlerSholk, a retired Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University, and community activist involved with the School of #Chiapas

https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/murder-inc-of-indigenous-peoples-in-mexico-repudiating-the-doctrine-of-discovery-land-back

#NativeAmericans #Vatican #Zapatistas #EZLN #IndigenousPeople #megaprojects #Maya #LandDefenders #FirstNations

#AmericanIndianAirwaves

Murder Inc. of #IndigenousPeople|s in #Mexico & Repudiating the #DoctrineOfDiscovery: #LandBack?

Guest: #RichardStahlerSholk, a retired Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University, and community activist involved with the School of #Chiapas

https://soundcloud.com/burntswamp/murder-inc-of-indigenous-peoples-in-mexico-repudiating-the-doctrine-of-discovery-land-back

#NativeAmericans #Vatican #Zapatistas #EZLN #megaprojects #Maya #LandDefenders #FirstNations

#AmericanIndianAirwaves

(1) Get BIG things done: #LEGO fix

Think slow, act fast

#Megaprojects are late bc not enough time spent planning (minimize uncertainty, shrink risk).

#FrankGehry’s #Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened on time & under budget: experimenting w/designs & models for 2 yrs.

Big things doesn’t mean Gehry poring over blueprints. You could just play w/LEGOS.

“A block of LEGO is a small thing, but by assembling more than 9k of them, you can build 1 of the biggest sets LEGO makes.” -Dr. #Flyvbjerg #WSJ

Get BIG things done: #LEGO fix

Think slow, act fast.

#Megaprojects are late bc not enough time is spent planning (minimize uncertainty, shrink risk).

#FrankGehry’s #Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened on time & under budget: experimenting w/designs & models for 2 yrs.

Big things doesn’t mean Gehry poring over blueprints. You could just play w/LEGOS.

“A block of LEGO is a small thing, but by assembling more than 9k of them, you can build 1 of the biggest sets LEGO makes.” -Dr. #Flyvbjerg #WSJ

Is Mars really the best place to set up a human colony? What about Venus? Sure, on the surface, Venus sounds like a bad idea. Literally, the surface of Venus is prohibitively hot. But, high above the surface, in the clouds, could be the ideal place for a place to live.

#Venus #Megaprojects #Space

https://youtu.be/kroU3SfCXE8

Megaprojects
A Cloud City on Venus: Why Venus is a Better Choice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kroU3SfCXE8

#Megaprojects #Aerostat #Atmosphere #CloudCity #Colony #Habitat #Ionosphere #Mars #Settlement #Venus

Opinion: We built the #railway in five years. So why are so many #megaprojects now stalled?

Back then, there was no #environmental or regulatory review process. […] the railway altered the migration of #animals, blasted away mountains and changed #waterways. Its construction killed thousands of workers and forever changed the lives of #Canada’s #Indigenous people.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-we-built-the-railway-in-five-years-so-why-are-so-many-megaprojects-now/

Join us at the 6th International Conference on Public Policy! Giovanni Esposito and I welcome papers on #megatrends and #megaprojects.

The panel brings together discursive and institutional scholarships in #management, #publicadministration, and #politicalscience to discuss how policy actors make sense of long-term and large-scale policy interventions and strategically interact with the institutional environment to govern them.

The call for papers is open until Jan 31, 2023

bit.ly/3U1zDc5

Join us at the 6th International Conference on Public Policy! Giovanni Esposito and I welcome papers on #megatrends and #megaprojects.

The panel brings together discursive and institutional scholarships in #management, #publicadministration, and #politicalscience to discuss how policy actors make sense of long-term and large-scale policy interventions and strategically interact with the institutional environment to govern them.

Deadline: Jan 31, 2023

https://www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/icpp6-toronto-2023/panel-list/17/panel/megatrends-and-megaprojects-governing-long-term-and-large-scale-policy-interventions/1414

So apparently #theline or #neom or whatever is actually happening? Or at least they've broken ground on it?
This...
I want to just say it's the dumbest thing ever, but I feel like it can't possibly be as dumb as it looks, like I must be missing something. What am I missing that makes this not the dumbest thing ever?
They're trying to build this huge, impractical city in the middle of nowhere to solve the problem of... sometimes you have to get a connecting train?
What bigger problem is this massive, destructive, wasteful project solving, someone please tell me!
#arabia #megaprojects #cities #urban #saudiarabia #publictransport #dumb

Are you interested in #megatrends and #megaprojects

Giovanni Esposito & I got a panel accepted at the International Conference on Public Policy (Toronto 2023).

The aim of the panel is to explore how policy actors make sense of long-term and large-scale policy endeavors and strategically interact with the institutional environment to govern them.

Stay tuned!

Are you interested in #megatrends and #megaprojects

Giovanni Esposito & I got a panel accepted at the International Conference on Public Policy (Toronto 2023).

The aim of the panel is to explore how policy actors make sense of long-term and large-scale policy endeavors and strategically interact with the institutional environment to govern them.

Stay tuned!

Here is the sad thing about #watercrisis in #Kathmandu

Drinking water comes once a week for 5-6 hours which has to filled up in a tank for most households. The #Melamchi project that was supposed to provide water to the valley took more than 23 years to complete. Problem is population has tripled & climate disasters have interrupted operations which has resulted in intermittent supply.

Should we still target for #megaprojects to solve these types of urban water crises? I'm not so sure anymore

Here is the sad thing about #watercrisis in #Kathmandu

Drinking water comes once a week for 5-6 hours which has to filled up in a tank for most households. The #Melamchi project that was supposed to provide water to the valley took more than 23 years to complete. Problem is population has tripled & climate disasters have interrupted operations which has resulted in intermittent supply.

Should be still target for #megaprojects to solve these types of urban water crises? I'm not so sure anymore