(Not directly related, only some annotations:) New ideas easily win over any sort of ambition: But cities are too distracting for really new ideas: In order

(Not directly related, only some annotations:) New ideas easily win over any sort of ambition: But cities are too distracting for really new ideas: In order for them to happen, you need the quiet of some sort of island (in any sense). (BTW, where are you coming from, exactly? The isle of GB, and the isle of Lisp, right?)