An excellent article on the wasy in which societies around the world have moved from living with nature and the natural enviromental factors to depending on technological advances such as air conditioning and heaters and beyond..
http://seedconsortium.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/45925154/shovecomfort.pdf
"As represented here, the standardisation of comfort is a narrative of ratchet-like path dependency. The conclusions of scientific research are embedded in codes and standards that are in turn reproduced in the built environment and in peoples’ expectations of what it should be like. By redesigning homes and offices for air-conditioning, designers have condemned homeowners and workers to an air-conditioned way of life from which there appears to be no way back. Especially not since societies have reorganised around the capacity to manufacture and control conditions inside (whatever the environmental cost)."
http://seedconsortium.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/45925154/shovecomfort.pdf
"As represented here, the standardisation of comfort is a narrative of ratchet-like path dependency. The conclusions of scientific research are embedded in codes and standards that are in turn reproduced in the built environment and in peoples’ expectations of what it should be like. By redesigning homes and offices for air-conditioning, designers have condemned homeowners and workers to an air-conditioned way of life from which there appears to be no way back. Especially not since societies have reorganised around the capacity to manufacture and control conditions inside (whatever the environmental cost)."
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