The Good People Factory

A personal blog.

Are you looking up?

When you are standing on the ground, you can’t really tell how much taller Willis Tower is than everything else in Chicago. Walking down the street, craning your neck, gawking at the verticality of it all, you can’t make sense of the scale because it is so sheer. But then you hop on the elevator, and suddenly you are staring down at the tops of sky scrapers, almost as far above them as you were below, wondering what mundane vegetables are growing in rooftop gardens kissing the clouds. ...

May 26, 2026 · 12 min · Craig