Why “how can you design a city so that more people can love each other?” feel like a silly question? It shouldn’t be like that
— Tyler Alterman (@TylerAlterman) April 28, 2024
GPT-4o suggested:
“1. **Corners of Serendipity**:
– Use spaces designed to encourage unexpected encounters. For example, interactive art installations or quirky features can serve as conversation starters. These can change frequently to keep the city dynamic, such as rotating sculptures or murals with interactive features such as touch-activated sound…
3. **Community Puzzles**:
– Enter social games or puzzles that require the cooperation of many people. This can be anything from giant chess boards to augmented reality treasure hunts that encourage teams to work together to solve clues spread across the city.”
Claude’s answers were very similar. For an economic answer, how about “increasing the city’s income tax on performance”? Love is not taxed, but labor income is. Moreover, these days it is difficult to start a romantic relationship in many workplaces. (Of course you’ll need some offsetting “live in the city” funding, in the form of a limited budget.) Taxing women’s education is another bad idea, but if the unfettered goal is to increase the number of romantic games it can work with.
What else?