To even the scales from last week, I'm posting this over 6 hours before the deadline!

While I don't usually love long lectures, I felt that Rem Koolhaas did a good job of keeping things interesting.  I was aware that things like the Tesla Gigafactory were being built in more rural areas, but I was quite taken aback by the sheer scale of other companies' presences in that area.  It makes some sense, given that Nevada is a tax haven, but I'd've guessed they'd be closer to Vegas.

I was also surprised to learn that foreign populations inhabited the countryside so much more so than just those people with second homes there.

According to the lecturer, creative architecture is being increasingly incorporated into cities, leaving less in the countryside and leaving it very Cartesian.