A story about a little girl who walked across a wire. She looked straight ahead and walked calmly but surely across the line with her gaze fixed forward. The person after her did exactly the same thing, until she reached the middle. She looked down and fell.

Questions on My Mind about the Places Designed for Heights

1. How do heights affect different people?
2. What are all of the types of built structures designed to get people up hills?
3. What are the tallest buildings in the world?
4. How is the air different in the upper sections of the tallest buildings in the world?
5. At what floor in a building can people avoid air pollution in a major city?
6. Why are some people more afraid of heights than others?
7. What interventions have been implemented to cure a fear of heights?
8. What creative ways have rollercoasters taken advantage of fear of heights?
9. How does our fear of heights tend to change from childhood to adulthood? Playgrounds are usually a big part of kids lives and because they’re small they can climb anything. This is a major environment shift into adulthood and adolescence.
10. How is it possible that VR can do such a good job of making us feel like we’re at a height?
11. How are elevators in tall buildings built differently?
12. What special thought has to go into building tall infrastructure?
13. Why are we and kids so enamoured by tree houses?
14. Why are we so mesmerized by height stunts?
15. Why do we love to climb things?
16. What neurological differences might make someone more adept at climbing things effectively?
17. How does good interior design take advantage of elevation?
18. What neurological changes take place when a person starts climbing? Depth perception…