Investing in the micro community

Abstract

This research uses extrapolation theory to understand how past actions effect the present, and through this lens how decisions made now will effect the future. This paper investigates how this theory informed design decisions in the late fifties and sixties. Extrapolation theory makes connections between science, technology, science fiction, and design work in regards to aerospace and rocket technology, chemical process, and cybernetics. Extrapolation theory permeates decision making at every level, causing exponential changes as ideas move through time and society. The focus of this research investigates the city of Detroit, MI, and how the sole focus on auto culture caused the growth and demise of a once prosperous metropolis. The design proposal looks at how shared investing of resources at a micro scale can catalyze change at a local scale.