MSMatthew Silber

1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Matthew Silber

   Opinion: Why I'm a CT YIMBY (opens the original)

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   I’ve been thinking about the film I, Robot recently. Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s anthology, the 2004 Will Smith vehicle is mostly forgotten, but remains a personal favorite of mine. Beginning in 2035 Chicago, the film establishes its temporal setting by incorporating computer-generated, “new” skyscrapers among well-known landmarks in the city skyline. This cinematic choice grounded the film’s timeline in a not-so-distant future without cumbersome exposition. The filmmakers anticipated audiences t

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2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Matthew Silber

   Opinion: Solar farms are good, actually (opens the original)

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   Anyone who’s walked through Connecticut’s woods has seen them: the seemingly random stone walls that zigzag through the trees. Most of us don’t give them a second thought, but take a moment to ponder: why on earth would someone build a stone wall in the middle of the forest? No one would, because those woods used to be farms. If you took a time machine to 1826, those groves of oak, birch, and maple would dissolve into fields of barley, oats and corn —separated by the same stone walls. Two hundre

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