• Improved Mental Health
    • Solves Loneliness
      • Meaningful daily contact with your neighbors.
      • You feel supported by the community
      • Shared spaces lead to unscripted interaction
    • Lowers Stress
      • High level of social welfare and support
      • Mincome
      • Helping hands from neighbors wrt child care
      • Food shopping and cooking duties are gone.
    • Community assistance with substance abuse
      • System automatically tracks drug and alcohol intake, triggering warning systems within the healthcare system if overuse is detected.
      • System can be set to automatically limit the number of drinks or drugs dispensed per day.
      • No drugs are illegal, instead its treated as a healthcare issue.
    • High level of social cohesion/solidarity
      • Direct participation in government
      • The government is ‘Us’
      • You feel like ‘society has your back’
      • You feel that you’re valued and loved.
    • No car engines, quiet soundscape, no fast-moving objects, ample vegitation and art promotes calm and reduces stress.
  • Caring for the Young
    • Village setting creates natural safe space for small children.
    • Sitters and ‘Aunties’ are readily available to help with child care.
    • Children always have friends to play with.
    • No cars + camera monitoring in public spaces = inherently safe space for kids = freedom and autonomy for children.
    • Primary and Elementary schools built into the village setting.
    • All kids have access to recreational equipment/resources, which are communally held. Check out a badminton racket and have fun.
  • Caring for the Old
    • Care for the elderly is built into the village system.
    • Old folks are not isolated or disconnected from the community.
    • They can interact with younger people, and even lend a hand, keeping an eye on children etc…
    • All architecture is bult from day to be fully accessible. Support for wheel chairs etc…
    • Automated box-bot system can also be used to self-transport disabled people.
    • Meals are communally prepared by professionals, so the elderly don’t need to worry about shopping or cooking.
  • Law Enforcement
    • High level of solidarity and no-weapons law makes cops feel safe to do their work.
    • Cops don’t need guns. Non-lethal weapons only
    • positive mental health environment, social welfare system, management of drugs and alcohol, no cars (less lethal environment) leads to fewer infractions. – Problems are dealt with early before they become law enforcement problems.