Reflections on the American Infrastructure The Covered Wagon The epiphany, I suspect, can be credited to just the right ratio of caffeine, Adderall, and McGriddle—combined with the high-intensity atmosphere I found myself in while pulling the covered wagon through Chicago during morning rush hour. The “covered wagon” was the teardrop trailer I had purchased to serve both as a shelter from the elements and as a means to transport my earthly possessions on my trip from Portland

The Anthropolitan Manifesto affirms life as the measure of progress. It calls for human-scale societies rooted in care, cooperation, and ecological balance, where knowledge is shared, work is meaningful, and governance is participatory. Anthropolis invites us to design civilizations that can endure by learning how to live well together.