#utopian ideas

What this situation makes painfully clear is that you need a national defence, simply to deter invaders. But if you have long periods of peace, you'll still have people who simply want to fight something. I think it's an essential survival instinct. But instead of constantly having them invade others to get that aggression out, (and aggression isn't evil. It's a part of human power) and realising that there are only so many people you can employ to play professional sports at any given time, let them fight the elements. A worldwide pool of disaster relief at your fingertips. Let them fight illness. Nature has a 1000 ways it wants to kill us. Let them fight that. Especially since, with climate change, nature is upping the ante.

I often wonder about what kind of house we will live in, if we are lucky enough to buy one.

I love modernism, but I also love the look of classic Collegiate Gothic and the Prairie School. When I see Café Brauer at the Lincoln Park Zoo, I think I want my house to look a lot like that.

I weirdly like institutional materials, like terrazzo flooring that curves up the sides of the walls, like we had in our grade school, and things like window seats and cubbies and lots of simple, clean, built-in bookshelves. And a mix of picture and clerestory windows, skylights and deep overhangs to keep things cool in the summer.

A courtyard-esque U layout maybe with a water feature in the middle; a zen garden fountain / pond? An outbuilding studio, or separate wings for our offices / hobby spaces? (yes, luxurious.)

I kinda like the aesthetic of a corner store for the kitchen. A couple of those 55" sliding-door glass merchandiser fridges, maybe a display rack and pegboard hooks for snacks and candy. A small magazine stand, even. A wall of pegboard hooks for pots and pans and drawers with holders for lid storage. A nice, wide 5-burner induction range, dual wall ovens (those kind from the Baking Show with the slide-under doors).

Instead of a trendy overhang kitchen island counter with stools, keep that slightly separated, but use something more like a diner booth, complete with little jukebox selector and that little holder for ketchup, mustard, vinegar and napkins. It could be semi-modular, with storage underneath, to expand to different configurations for dinner parties, but keeping things cozy.

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