Tim- Like others, I think, I have long thought about how we could better develop cities and towns. The way we do it now is probably the most economically "efficient" but it is alienating for that and other reasons. Of course, I have thought about it in more or less general ways. Obviously Mark Lakeman in the video has thought about it in…
Like others, I think, I have long thought about how we could better develop cities and towns. The way we do it now is probably the most economically "efficient" but it is alienating for that and other reasons. Of course, I have thought about it in more or less general ways. Obviously Mark Lakeman in the video has thought about it in a far deeper way than I ever could. I found it inspiring. How it goes from there I have no idea. I do think that all our small efforts can add up to something more than we can know. That is my hope anyway.
I believe you are spot on that there is only a limited subset of folks willing to take “Wild Christianity” to a kind of secular monastic level. I think the main driver of this is the commodification of our entire lives is thorough and complete, thus the reluctance to leave population centers. It’s quite a scary thought for folks to abandon the pursuit of money as the central tenant of their lives, especially in a country where it’s become for all intents and purposes a pseudo religion of its own.
So the city village concept would be more inviting to most for sure.
My guess is that, for the most part, if this type of village architecture is to get off the ground it will be via institutions that have the resources. Once people experience it there could be a greater demand. But for now it remains an interesting theory for the vast majority of us.
But it should be scalable and integrated. All different ways of life could and should have a way into what we are loosely calling Wild Christianity. It is worth trying to more deeply articulate what that means. But we will probably find out better what it means if we actually build something.
Tim-
Like others, I think, I have long thought about how we could better develop cities and towns. The way we do it now is probably the most economically "efficient" but it is alienating for that and other reasons. Of course, I have thought about it in more or less general ways. Obviously Mark Lakeman in the video has thought about it in a far deeper way than I ever could. I found it inspiring. How it goes from there I have no idea. I do think that all our small efforts can add up to something more than we can know. That is my hope anyway.
I hope all is well. -Jack
I believe you are spot on that there is only a limited subset of folks willing to take “Wild Christianity” to a kind of secular monastic level. I think the main driver of this is the commodification of our entire lives is thorough and complete, thus the reluctance to leave population centers. It’s quite a scary thought for folks to abandon the pursuit of money as the central tenant of their lives, especially in a country where it’s become for all intents and purposes a pseudo religion of its own.
So the city village concept would be more inviting to most for sure.
My guess is that, for the most part, if this type of village architecture is to get off the ground it will be via institutions that have the resources. Once people experience it there could be a greater demand. But for now it remains an interesting theory for the vast majority of us.
But it should be scalable and integrated. All different ways of life could and should have a way into what we are loosely calling Wild Christianity. It is worth trying to more deeply articulate what that means. But we will probably find out better what it means if we actually build something.