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Kremer’s sympathy or empathy was very remarkable. He seemed to read his patients’ minds, to know intuitively all their fears and hopes. He observed their movements and postures like a theater director with his actors. One of his papers—a favorite of mine—was called “Sitting, Standing, and Walking.” It showed how much he observed and understood even before doing a neurological exam, even before the patient opened his mouth.
The form of housing that resists local identity is gated communities, with their fierce regulations prohibiting anything interesting being done by home owners that might affect real estate value for the neighbors (no laundry drying outside!). If you want a new community to express local life and have deep adaptivity, emphasize the houses becoming homes rather than speculative real estate.
SALT Summaries, Condensed Ideas About Long-Term Thinking
Stewart Brand
In this book, I’ve been making the case for a different framework: the creative society. As the pace of change in the world continues to accelerate, people must learn how to adapt to constantly changing conditions. Success in the future—for individuals, for communities, for companies, for nations as a whole—will be based on the ability to think and act creatively.
Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick, Ken Robinson
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