For sure we've noticed the Space Capsule Homes website, and I've launched into my usual chatter I'll call "EPCOT West", meaning I'm advocating for alternatives "tiny home" concepts, on the model that the campground offers amenities outside of the pods, such as a cafeteria and meetup spaces, workshops (as in "makerspaces" -- Glenn disliked that term "maker") and whatever.
Today the focus was Caltrop City, or Crescent City, with its monument to the Tetrapod (a caltrop variant). We could have contemplative types, already engaged in religious studies, say, do a stint in a Capsule and report back on the experience.
The whole point is to (a) garner feedback and (b) give would-be adopters of novel lifestyles a "try before you buy" experience. We have some of the business model worked out, with help from AI.
Speaking of religious studies, Julian of Norwich has fast becoming a patron saint, for reasons we might discuss in other journal entries.
The period between the two world wars is of core interest in School of Tomorrow coursework. We talk about Huey Long, and we talk about H.G. Wells and his 1922 Washington and the Hope of Peace.
We study H.G. Wells anyway, for his science fiction, but in this corpus he's hoping to sober up (even though 1920s post-war New York is making him giddy -- that Roaring 20s sensation) and buckle down to prevent a next world war. An exercise we know now was unsuccessful.
A main takeaway: my recollection, confirmed by AI, is Wells thought the UK and Europeans were overly punitive towards the Russians. Many parallels to the present situation.
