ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Right now, 26 Empire state buildings could fit inside New York’s empty office space. While it seems like the pandemic is over, but many of New York’s offices remain eerily empty as people continue to opt for the convenience of working from home instead. Not only is this problematic for a city built around a thriving day-time economy, “our research at M.I.T. shows that when we replace in-person interactions with Zoom rooms, our social lives become narrow and homogenous,” say Edward Glaeser, the chairman of the Department of Economics at harvard, and Carlo Ratti, the director of the Senseable City Lab at M.I.T So, if we aren’t going to head back into the office, how else can we meet new people and mix in physical space? “If people do not need to go downtown for wages, they must instead desire to go there,” Ed and Carlo say. Part of that will involve transforming cities like New York into places to live and play — not work. This is the dream of the Playground City, and we have six ways to make it happen. Click the link in our bio to read more. 📷 @dirtywhitebucks #nytopinion」5月12日 4時35分