Suburban design often encourages social isolation, weakens communal ties, and alienates people from both nature and civic life. Simultaneously, modern technologies transform not just what we do but how we perceive and experience the world, severing many of the social and material connections that once shaped daily life. Humanity now seems trapped in a cycle of constant social and civic upheaval, struggling to adapt because change outpaces opportunity to adapt. Whether this is a good thing remains to be seen. I suspect it is not...