Kimbal Musk: Car-centric modern towns foster isolated 'pod living'
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Kimbal Musk discusses urban design and community building with host Joe Lonsdale, contrasting older pedestrian-friendly towns with modern car-dependent suburbs.
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“But if you go to a modern day town, which is built around the car, it's very soulless. You've kind of live in your house, get in your car, go to the office, and that's kind of your life. It's I call it pod living. You're in your home pod. Then your car pod, then your office pod, back to your car pod, home pod. You don't even know who your neighbor is.”
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