Humans require both enclosed refuge and open prospect for wellbeing

Evidence

Refuge and prospect are opposites: refuge is small and dark; prospect is expansive and bright.… We need them both and we need them together. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1514

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to environmental psychology concepts of prospect-refuge theory (Appleton) and biophilic design; also resonates with the reader’s interest in how built/algorithmic environments shape psychology. — connects to: The need for a protected home refuge is primal and innate — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1521; People need natural quiet to access the stillness within themselves; A place has a soul and an intelligence that seeks to heal itself — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 192 (+3 more)
• SHARE: Worth sharing with an architecture or environmental-psychology-minded friend; the proverbial framing makes it a useful anchor concept.

Broader Connections

• The need for a protected home refuge is primal and innate #corroborates (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1521
• Seeing how wilderness connects to settlements heightens the sense it must be preserved #corroborates (0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1640
• People need natural quiet to access the stillness within themselves #expands (0.72)
• A place has a soul and an intelligence that seeks to heal itself #expands (0.72) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 192