tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639660913939612097.post6619130863134316554..comments2024-01-19T11:08:36.788-08:00Comments on Building Utopia: Concept: Ultra-efficient living systemAndrew D Atkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492591375757227409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639660913939612097.post-73228011795996417522013-04-09T17:51:31.939-07:002013-04-09T17:51:31.939-07:00I agree Apollo we need closer communities...but to...I agree Apollo we need closer communities...but to say, those communities should be created from the ground-up (people getting together to make it their own way) and not top-down (such as extreme left-wing political parties telling people who their company should be, and how they should live, with forced urban planning designs and anti-discrimination laws, etc).Andrew D Atkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492591375757227409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3639660913939612097.post-32891234724597142042011-05-23T00:31:35.384-07:002011-05-23T00:31:35.384-07:00An interesting presentation. Quite a bit of though...An interesting presentation. Quite a bit of thought put into it. I have read about some unique sorts of cultures like the Hutterites in N. America, who live communally. The Bruderhoff do the same. I do think there is a strong need for close communities. But one needs to be attached to the land or otherwise there will not be enough uniting them.<br /><br />A group involved in a cooperative business venture might live as you suggest. Many people are united by who their job mates are. There are those S. American tribes for examples as well as SE Pacific Island peoples. But I do favor autonomous families bound in communities like the Amish.apollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040184843184207525noreply@blogger.com