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The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.
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Rich upper levels VS poor lower levels of Bangkok
Rich upper levels VS poor lower levels of Bangkok
Many sci-fi works follow the same pattern describing cities of the future: multiple vertical levels with different social-economic groups…
Alexander Lockshyn
Jul 25, 2018
Tianjin: a Chinese city pretending to be West
Tianjin: a Chinese city pretending to be West
Plagiarism is what surprises most westerners visiting China. Leaving legal issues aside, the cultural aspect of plagiarism, or let’s say…
Alexander Lockshyn
Mar 22, 2018
Tianjin: a cyberpunk Manhattan 30 minutes off Beijing
Tianjin: a cyberpunk Manhattan 30 minutes off Beijing
There is a city in eastern China, where slum-like neighborhoods stand just across of financial district’s skyscrapers, where chaotic…
Alexander Lockshyn
Feb 27, 2018
Large Hadron Collider Operated by Monkeys
Large Hadron Collider Operated by Monkeys
Cultural and technological development of most places in the world is more or less synchronous. For example, American coastal states or…
Alexander Lockshyn
Oct 19, 2017
Hong Kong Noir
Hong Kong Noir
Are you the one who loves film noir aesthetics? Urban environment, rain-soaked streets, flickering street lamps, neon signs and traffic…
Alexander Lockshyn
Sep 20, 2017
The Future is Now in Guangzhou
The Future is Now in Guangzhou
Have you heard of Guangdong (also called Canton)? It is one of most developed provinces of mainland China with GDP similar to Mexico. I bet…
Alexander Lockshyn
Aug 16, 2017
Hong Kong Alleyways
Hong Kong Alleyways
Have you ever considered alleyways as something aesthetically pleasant? Those back alleys are nothing worth exploring in most of the…
Alexander Lockshyn
Aug 2, 2017
Dystopian Beijing
Dystopian Beijing
If somebody have told me I’d freak out because of armed military pointing their guns on me and I walk away through neon-lightened rainy…
Alexander Lockshyn
Jul 26, 2017
Welcome to Cyber Berlin
Welcome to Cyber Berlin
I travel the world exploring high tech low life places. Most of these places are in Asia, but what about Europe? Wikipedia Cyberpunk page…
Alexander Lockshyn
Jul 19, 2017
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