I want to like a lot of this. The UK is full of "crap towns" with poor housing, poor design and environs that are generally anti-human (as well as anti- a lot o

I want to like a lot of this. The UK is full of "crap towns" with poor housing, poor design and environs that are generally anti-human (as well as anti- a lot of other things). I don't particularly agree the problem is "regulatory capture" unless that's simply a shorthand way of saying, "we, as society, have agreed that inertia is our preferred approach". In some cases it may well be regulatory capture; in most I don't believe it is (obvious case in point for housing is green belt: we know it's a nonsense, but it's an absolute political impediment, not a regulatory one. The people do not want to build there). There shouldn't be problems with people having access to healthcare, or living in housing which is not just healthy but is also pleasant. People should have access to nature as well as all their other conveniences, working should not require long commutes and we shouldn't be generating the absolute tsunamis of waste we currently do just to survive. There are constructivist answers to all these problems. Andreesen appears to be suggesting it's just a matter of willpower. I don't believe the solution is that simple.