Thread by @MarcelHarmon1

1/6: A very smart interview of my favorite economist @MazzucatoM by @ezraklein

Confronting the myth of the market economy & how we define value are integral to more effectively & equitably addressing the pandemic & re-envisioning a post-#COVID19 world.

stitcher.com/podcast/vox/th…

2/6: @BranchPattern often used quantified estimates of productivity/health to help drive sustainable, healthy, & #prosocial decisions during the design/construction process.

However, this is sometimes less effective for school projects vs corporate office projects, as the...

3/6: salaries for educators are on average, disgracefully substantially less than for the corporate sector. We greatly undervalue the contributions of educators to society's ability to function & it's longevity.

While we often discuss the impacts on student learning when...

4/6: presenting results, it's likely time we go further & provide some quantification of the larger, longer term economic impacts from facility conditions on student learning.

But unless we do a better job of funding public education (do a better job of recognizing it's value),

5/6: then even this type of quantification will have limited effectiveness on an individual project basis. Which is why the AEC Industry mus play a role in advocating for necessary changes in our larger social, political, & economic spheres of interaction: archdaily.com/935483/from-au…

6/6: @RobertLeonard @MattRussellCRF - don't know if she'd be interested, but you should explore writing a @nytimes piece w/ her looking at these concepts w/ respect to rural, sustainable agriculture.