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The Anti-Modern Neighborhood: A Radical Prescription for Deep Health

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Jul 22, 2025
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🎧 In This Episode

We explore a radical concept: what if we could design our neighborhoods and communities around the five factors of health?

Jamison Price joins us to discuss how intentional community design could transform the way we live, connect, and raise our children.

It's not about creating a commune, but rather envisioning a neighborhood that prioritizes deep health, meaningful relationships, and purposeful living.

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Key Concepts

  • The problem with modern living isn't just individual choices but our environment itself, which makes healthy decisions harder and disconnection easier

  • Creating an intentional community starts with shared values and could include shared spaces, regular experiences, and rituals that bring people together

  • A neighborhood that prioritizes the five factors would reduce chronic stress, increase peace of mind, and create what Ben calls "presence of soul" in everyday life

  • The future of education could be reimagined around three pillars: health (five factors), wealth (financial literacy and entrepreneurship), and wisdom (philosophy and experience)


❤️‍🔥 A Deeper Dive

Big Ideas

  • The concept of a "Better Way" neighborhood, built around shared values and priorities

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