Great ideas start with dumb questions

There are times when the best way to learn something about urbanism is to embrace sheer ignorance. The more a planner knows about zoning, the more careful they become about zoning reform. The more an engineer knows about intersection design, the more timid they become about innovative intersection design. It’s human nature to mentally codify something as you become more familiar with it: “It’s always been done this way, so it must be right.”   The ‘Citizen Kane’ Case...