Weekend Reading, Watching and Listening Recommendations [June 17, 2022]

Why Tokyo Works; The Need for Long-term Research; The next generation of autonomous drones will be transformational; Badly designed streets and roads have terrible consequences for communities

1. Read: Why Tokyo Works. A new book helps explain why Tokyo’s land use and development policies have helped make it an enticing and affordable city [via Discourse]

2. Read: The Need for Long-term Research. Today, long-term research is rare. It is hard for corporations and national governments to do. However we could encourage non-profits, universities, and international agencies to do more by developing additional incentives. [via Kevin Kelly]

3. Listen: The next generation of autonomous drones will be transformational [via Robot Brains]

4. Watch: Badly designed streets and roads have terrible consequences for communities