via metropolismag.com “The abrading of a city’s self-image is gradual. But once that dreary process begins, it gathers an energy of its own and becomes difficult to reverse. If a place is continually criticized—withered by condescension from witho…

It’s a blowy autumn morning in Manhattan, and James Dyson, the 62-year-old British entrepreneur, is in town to sell the world something it never knew it needed. Dyson, you’ll recall, is the man who reinvented the vacuum cleaner, the hand dryer, an…

Sometimes people see things that aren’t there. Maybe they should be. Maybe they shouldn’t. If I had a a dollar for every salesperson that looked at me like I was crazy when I pointed out a flaw in their product, I’d be, well, a few dollars richer….