Our building practices for the past century have been plain stupid - especially the glorification of the single-family house in a subdivision, at the expense of all other typologies and arrangements.
James Howard KunstlerI generally avoid over-population arguments. But there's no question we're in population overshoot. The catch is we're not going to do anything about it. There will be no policy. The usual suspects: starvation, war, disease, will drive the population down. There's little more to say about that really, and it's certainly an unappetizing discussion, but it's probably the truth. In any case, we're in overshoot and we face vast resource scarcities.
James Howard KunstlerAt the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure.
James Howard KunstlerI am far less interested in serving as a change agent than in functioning as a prose artist, whether it's fiction or nonfiction.
James Howard Kunstler