Friday Focus #03: There are no silver bullets to the housing crisis
What happens when everyone is right, and everyone is wrong?
Friday Focus: Highlighting the world, one image at a time.
Dear sublime reader,
The ongoing housing crisis a tough nut to crack. Akin to solving a Rubiks cube with one hand, while blindfolded.
It is a multifaceted issue that affects a lot of people (politicians, bankers, planners, homeowners, renters, developers, quantity surveyors, etc) of groups, each with their own:
opinions
perspectives
vested interests
Which means tackling the problem is an enormous undertaking.
The question then arises: where do you even start?
Riley Flanigan of The Emergent Cityoffers a beacon of clarity amidst this head-scratcher.
He has crafted a compelling visual that illuminates various dimensions of the crisis and presents potential strategies to navigate through them..
You can go deeper here:
My thought bubble 🗯
I'm a big fan of looking at the bigger picture, and it's great to see this mental model used to solve problems.
Zoom out, then zoom in.
The way today's image describes big, tough problems is a great new way to think about the housing crisis. It's not just a problem to be fixed, but a whole system to be understood.
And that might just be the key to finding the right solutions.
Stay sublime,
KM
Thanks for sharing and the kind words!