- The capital of Brasilia was designed in such a way that there are very few street corners. This ensures that [[Talking to Strangers]] doesn't happen and people aren't able to assemble and organise. - The design was intentional by those in power to prevent revolutions. --- One of my colleagues from Brazil and I were talking at a conference, and he was telling me about how the design of their capital city, Brasília, was intentionally put together by planners to try to avoid street corners—because street corners were places where people would be able to assemble and potentially think things together, which could be threatening to the ruling regime. - [Link](https://nautil.us/who-controls-your-thoughts-498055/)