How we experience purchases of coffee and baked goods may sound fairly trivial, and elitist. But, based on my current immersion in the south of France, I have come to think these simple interactions offer valuable lessons for how to live in neighborhoods and cities. The rhythm of traditional transactions, with deep cultural roots, offers significant lessons about the role of expertise in daily life. I saw it in Fréjus this morning in the wisdom of the coffee vendor. In a transaction that was mo...
How we experience purchases of coffee and baked goods may sound fairly trivial, and elitist. But, based on my current immersion in the south of France, I have come to think these simple interactions offer valuable lessons for how to live in neighborhoods and cities. The rhythm of traditional transactions, with deep cultural roots, offers significant lessons about the role of expertise in daily life. I saw it in Fréjus this morning in the wisdom of the coffee vendor. In a transaction that was mo...
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