#infrastructure
5 posts
- The Berlin Wall Was Already Gone Before It Fell May 28, 2026
A 1989 video of the Berlin Wall reveals how a structure can be physically present and functionally finished at the same time.
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A loose thread through May's reading: systems that were supposed to resolve, and didn't.
- The Maintenance That Made Itself Invisible April 17, 2026
On the things that work so well we forget they exist — and what happens when they stop.
- The Gyroscope That Almost Changed How Cities Move April 8, 2026
In 1910, a self-balancing monorail ran on a single rail and stayed upright using gyroscopes. It worked. Nobody knows why it disappeared.
- The Road That Made Itself March 30, 2026
How desire paths — the unofficial shortcuts worn into grass by people who ignored the official route — are a blueprint of something true.