Can we see the future from the retrospective, and make it better?
It sounds like an obvious solution to look at past, and use that as a basis for everything we can do better in the future. This is true in some cases when there is a rational point is discussed. But that is not the case when we're looking at something from an emotional perspective.
We can always review the rules, and regulations for construction. We can think of having a different approach for production and recycling. We can even change the idea of how a society should be governed and operated. But while it sounds amazing how easy it is do in real time when everyone has a different point of interest. Everyone is expecting a different outcome. When there is a constant disagreement about how things should be done.
Reading this book sounds like a utopia where everything will be bigger, better, smarter, wiser and what not. But is this even possible to manage so many stakeholders? Which is where this book hits the reality. From urban housing to global warming to recycling everything is marred by constant blocker from every direction that any development or movement seems impossible.
We need a lot of hope or some unprecedented events which brings all of us together and put our efforts in one direction to deliver this. But that doesn't look like an immediate future.
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