Human Quantitative Easing

Substituting High-Quality Families for the Lowest Common Denominator

Humanity’s fetishization of square and rectangular buildings, optimizing the use of space, betrays a deep financial and culture insecurity.

I once planned to write a book titled, Deurbanize the World, but when I pitched the idea to Kickstarter, it was taken down for offensive speech. Apparently, my ideas on urbanism are tied to anti-socialist policies.

The Western world, today, is extremely urbanized. In Germany, over 77% of the population live in an urbanized zone, and just under 15% live in a town with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. So what is still driving, let alone sustaining, the continued growth of large urban populations who have no private access to fresh water or land?