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Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm by tomtheelder on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:44PM (#29040658)
It's probably better in SB than just about anywhere else, since you can quite literally always just go outside. I think that's almost part of the "point" here. To try to demotivate students from sitting in their rooms. I don't like that approach at all, but I actually don't think windowless bedrooms are the worst thing in the world.

I had a windowless dorm room for a year in a very cold northeastern city where I couldn't realistically spend time outside for most of the year. It was attached to a windowed suite common room and I liked my roommates, so it was no big deal. I think I would have suffered a lot had I been a real social recluse, though.

Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm by pa7ch on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:42PM (#29041380)
Trying to demotivate students from sitting in their dorms by making it a sad cramped place doesn't seem to gel well with the modern idea of psychological safety helping people get more done and take more risks.

Its a stick instead of a carrot in your most personal place, your home.

Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm by tomtheelder on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:05PM (#29042355)
Yeah strongly agree there.