Eden

On my walk again I can’t help but be reminded of Eden, only insofar as the deer are continually at ease with the presence of humans nearby (humans being me).  Yes, they are wild deer.  At dusk I saw about 3-4 of them drinking from a stream.  1-2 looked up at me from their eating, then went back to eating.  Another 1-2 bounded into the young forest as I walked by.

Why are the deer so casual?  Juxtapose this with the urban sprawl at the boundaries of which they frolic.

Somebody might believe that “civilization” will never lose the need for money, but I am not one of these people.  With no money, what then will happen to property and its value? 

Is it a foregone conclusion that Earth will eventually become one mega-metropolis?   Looking at houses to possibly buy in San Antonio, it is depressing.  The yards are so tiny.  The houses are so close together.  But surely this is an improvement over the depressing grey columns of apartment buildings prevalent in Korean cities—cities where apartments are frequently worth over $1,000,000, or will be within the next decade.  Major cities of 3,000,000+people I mean.  Ok, so I’m only really talking about Pusan and Seoul.

Fast forward centuries or a millennium.  Imagine the disappearance of money and “commodities,” the loss (because no need) of competition.  The ability to travel several hundred miles in a near instant, or perhaps minutes if not seconds.  Can we build cities with places for people to go for walks with deer nearby?  Can each house have at least an acre of land to go with it, even if it is in a “city” (cluster?) of several million people?   More on this later.