David,
we wishes you a good trip in Paris !

Dominique

David,
I'm really pleased that you liked the city, David. please let me know when you're in. We'll manage a guided tour.
By the way, did you notice that some buildings were signed, in paris. Yes, the architect mentionned his name and a date. They signed because they were proud of their job. And these buildings brought both fantastic design and interesting technologies (gaz, water, electricity, toilets in every home, ...).
All of these are between 1880 and 1910. That was called La Belle Epoque. This is interesting because this period is very similar than the one we are entering into. Creative synthesis of technology blocs into valuable solution for people.
Following La Belle Epoque, the cycle continues with 30 years period :

This comment looks important to me because it gives us the vision that we're entering now a new 30 years cycle which will be very human/people centric, very planet centric. This gives Concursive the promise of a long life.

All of this written in the roc of the buildings in Paris.

Thank you again for your visit here,
Yves

Yves, thanks for the insights and observations around La Bell Epoque. I'd never heard of it but find it interesting. [Will head to Wikipedia this evening with a glass of wine to learn more] And I agree with your observation about a new cycle. We're moving into a new "mash up", not only in the technology sense, but the mashing of human skills, assets and inputs into the technical infrastructure to hopefully solve big problems. I think this magic potion will drive tremendous value for society. And hopefully a few nuggets for those that help make it possible. :)

Looking forward to getting back to your city. BTW, I was mistaken in my original blog observation and it appears L'Enfant, the original architect of Washington DC, had no role in helping to lay out Paris. Having said that, it doesn't change the fact that you guys have some confusing intersecting streets and Avenues ;) -dr