Are Today’s Frontiers Inside Cities? A Lecture by Saskia Sassen

By Doruntina Zeneli

On Tuesday April 30, Saskia Sassen joined the Initiative of Cities to speak about increased competition for housing, rising rent and how housing is deemed as a commodity for financial firms. Sassen first highlighted the capabilities society has today, “we have capabilities that are rather simple, but how can we make them less destructive?” She provided an example of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and how it has dried up over the years. She emphasized how we consist of negative capabilities and we must explore ways to be less destructive and use our intelligence to produce positives.

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