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an American city undergoes a technological crisis on average about every 12 years, that the average such crisis lasts for four years, and that an average American city finds itself in a state of technological crisis for about three years in every decade.
The “crisis” is a sudden realization of, or a sudden acting on, pressures that have been building up for a long time.
Walden’s core message was: I should figure out what I really want in my life, and not be seduced by the vanity of recognition.
that success is not guaranteed to well-intentioned decent people, nor necessarily denied to evil people.