Some ideas for the new normal:
1. Make cities car-free on Sundays. The streets should become parks where children can play and grandparents can walk. Every neighbourhood should organise a night bazaar from 5pm to 10pm.
2. Start a citizen app - ensure that we know who is doing well and who needs help. We should never have to wonder again: who needs help today?
3. Every family should be included in a neighbourhood group of 100 to 150 called “community club”. The group should have diversity - rich and poor together. They should engage in life-skills trainings, lifting up the weakest in the group through education and scholarships, have weekly potlucks and generally stay in touch. Should belong to the same 1 sq km to be at walking distance.
4. Our large cities are overflowing. We should build new towns near our cities (especially Karachi) and give free pieces of land to build houses. To kickstart a new town, build the first 10,000 houses and give them on interest free loans.
5. Empty houses and plots in urban areas should be taxed heavily - something like Rs 50,000 per month for an unused house/plot - to discourage land hoarding and encourage fair use.
6. We should invest in massive coworking spaces and encourage Work From Anywhere in these with fast internet, event space, meeting rooms, cafes and a sense of community. They should be built on public land and managed by private organisations. Increase supply to discourage price inflation.
7. We should invest in areas called slums. Start from the edge of the city and work inwards. These places should become green, colourful and loveable.
8. Expand free access public spaces - parks, night bazaars, walking paths, sports facilities, theatre halls, swimming pools and so on. Let people run small businesses everywhere without owning the property.
9. Translate the world’s knowledge into local languages and build massive digital libraries.
10. Do things that build more and better human connections and avoid things that make life miserable for one or more people.
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Via Shahjahan Chaudhary
1. Make cities car-free on Sundays. The streets should become parks where children can play and grandparents can walk. Every neighbourhood should organise a night bazaar from 5pm to 10pm.
2. Start a citizen app - ensure that we know who is doing well and who needs help. We should never have to wonder again: who needs help today?
3. Every family should be included in a neighbourhood group of 100 to 150 called “community club”. The group should have diversity - rich and poor together. They should engage in life-skills trainings, lifting up the weakest in the group through education and scholarships, have weekly potlucks and generally stay in touch. Should belong to the same 1 sq km to be at walking distance.
4. Our large cities are overflowing. We should build new towns near our cities (especially Karachi) and give free pieces of land to build houses. To kickstart a new town, build the first 10,000 houses and give them on interest free loans.
5. Empty houses and plots in urban areas should be taxed heavily - something like Rs 50,000 per month for an unused house/plot - to discourage land hoarding and encourage fair use.
6. We should invest in massive coworking spaces and encourage Work From Anywhere in these with fast internet, event space, meeting rooms, cafes and a sense of community. They should be built on public land and managed by private organisations. Increase supply to discourage price inflation.
7. We should invest in areas called slums. Start from the edge of the city and work inwards. These places should become green, colourful and loveable.
8. Expand free access public spaces - parks, night bazaars, walking paths, sports facilities, theatre halls, swimming pools and so on. Let people run small businesses everywhere without owning the property.
9. Translate the world’s knowledge into local languages and build massive digital libraries.
10. Do things that build more and better human connections and avoid things that make life miserable for one or more people.
Which are your top 3? Share numbers
Via Shahjahan Chaudhary
Some ideas for the new normal:
1. Make cities car-free on Sundays. The streets should become parks where children can play and grandparents can walk. Every neighbourhood should organise a night bazaar from 5pm to 10pm.
2. Start a citizen app - ensure that we know who is doing well and who needs help. We should never have to wonder again: who needs help today?
3. Every family should be included in a neighbourhood group of 100 to 150 called “community club”. The group should have diversity - rich and poor together. They should engage in life-skills trainings, lifting up the weakest in the group through education and scholarships, have weekly potlucks and generally stay in touch. Should belong to the same 1 sq km to be at walking distance.
4. Our large cities are overflowing. We should build new towns near our cities (especially Karachi) and give free pieces of land to build houses. To kickstart a new town, build the first 10,000 houses and give them on interest free loans.
5. Empty houses and plots in urban areas should be taxed heavily - something like Rs 50,000 per month for an unused house/plot - to discourage land hoarding and encourage fair use.
6. We should invest in massive coworking spaces and encourage Work From Anywhere in these with fast internet, event space, meeting rooms, cafes and a sense of community. They should be built on public land and managed by private organisations. Increase supply to discourage price inflation.
7. We should invest in areas called slums. Start from the edge of the city and work inwards. These places should become green, colourful and loveable.
8. Expand free access public spaces - parks, night bazaars, walking paths, sports facilities, theatre halls, swimming pools and so on. Let people run small businesses everywhere without owning the property.
9. Translate the world’s knowledge into local languages and build massive digital libraries.
10. Do things that build more and better human connections and avoid things that make life miserable for one or more people.
Which are your top 3? Share numbers 🙂
Via Shahjahan Chaudhary
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