Credentialing, Not Education, Has Become The Primary

By The End Of The Book, It Is Quite Different Than The Way You Thought It Would Be When You Started The Book - Both In Form And What It Contains And What You Think. Well, You Tipped In A Lot And You Digested A Lot - It Wasn't Pre-digested In Your View. And It Changed What You Thought And How You See Things.

All My Life I Have Been Hearing That The Oil Was Going To Run Out. It Never Happens. They Keep Discovering New Oil Fields. The World Is Apparently Floating In Oil Fields.

Reformers Have Long Observed City People Loitering On Busy Corners, Hanging Around In Candy Stores And Bars And Drinking Soda Popon Stoops, And Have Passed A Judgment, The Gist Of Which Is: "this Is Deplorable! If These People Had Decent Homes And A More Private Or Bosky Outdoor Place, They Wouldn't Be On The Street!" That Judgment Represents A Profound Misunderstanding Of Cities. It Makes No More Sense Than To Drop In At A Testimonial Banquet In A Hotel And Conclude That If These People Had Wives Who Could Cook, They Would Give Their Parties At Home.

In Small Settlements Everyone Knows Your Affairs. In The City Everyone Does Not-only Those You Choose To Tell Will Know About You. This Is One Of The Attributes Of Cities That Is Precious To Most City People.

The Primary Conflict, I Think, Is Between People Whose Interests Are With Already Well-established Economic Activities, And Those Whose Interests Are With The Emergence Of New Economic Activities.