Sense of place vs. non-places. Our relation with the things surrounding us

The sense of nearness and farness has lost its old meaning, thanks to the Mirrorworld we’re building online (on repositories owned by big companies). The Apple Vision Pro is here to confirm this.

Being interested in urbanism, I’ve seen one type of meme popping up repeatedly. It shows a rather conventional picture of a highway exit that could have been taken anywhere in the US, displaying the same signs for gas, fast food, and motel chains.

If it’s a Reddit thread, it will be populated with comments praising ubiquity and convenience: some are happ…