Sorry I've got a lot to do work-wise. Been a while since I read it, but I remember thinking over and over how sane he sounded in the writing and spot on he was with much of his ideas of how industrialization / technology is / was ruining the world as we know / knew it.
Like in the beginning the section on cars. How they were this great liberator for us! Then everything was moved farther from housing so you HAD to have a car to participate in daily life like shopping, eating out etc. Which in turn makes you a sort of slave to your car - payments, insurance, maintenance, licenses etc.
Very interesting mind on that guy and very well spoken as someone of his intellect should be.
I'll make you a rough deal. We read 4 pages a day and ill post this and ping you with my thoughts on it in a week? I mean ill do that anyways but this would give you a chance to re read it. I read the first two paragraphs and he seems coherent and it is a viewpoint I am unfamiliar with.
I'm game, but am super busy until the 31st.
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