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There may, in fact, be life after parking, especially if cities begin to treat it more like smoking – a public nuisance to be pushed to the limits of the urban infrastructure – than a public right, to be accommodated no matter what the cost. And those haunting images of empty lots and vacant parking decks? Perhaps they were fantasies, not nightmares, portents of a better, more rational, healthier and greener world.

I slap anyone who uses the word jaywalk. And to any town that has jaywalking laws, shame on you.

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I remember when Steve was my neighbor in Woodside, Calif., and he had no furniture. It struck me that there wasn’t furniture good enough for Steve in the world. He’d rather have nothing if he couldn’t have perfection.

And I jokingly said, “The difference between me and Steve is that I’m willing to live with the best the world can provide. With Steve that’s not always good enough.” And if you look at how he tackles building a phone, or building a laptop, he really is in pursuit of this technical and aesthetic perfection. And he just won’t compromise.

Don’t compromise. Don’t settle. Don’t own anything unless it is something that adds real value to your world. Question everything. And when the answer is “yes”, wait a while and ask the question again.

Smaller homes require less heating, less cleaning, less maintenance, force you to simplify, are cozier.

If there’s one thing I learned when I was in Japan, it’s that small is awesome.