Beautiful read about Kyoto, Japan and the idea of building for the very long term.
In 1610, a single family (Suminokura) decided to build a canal connecting the port of Fishimi to central Kyoto.
The article talks about how powerful this decision was – the weight efficiency ratio increased 22.5x, the agricultural footprint was a fraction (no need to feed all those ponies), and there was no noise or other pollution. The list goes on.
Building should be for the long term – for example did you know that the cobble stone streets of Copenhagen haven’t been resurfaced in 500 years.
