1500 People (epub/pdf) - The real luxury blue-print
One tribe. Ten fractal modules. The complete blueprint for building the new human society from scratch.
New here?
Start with The Last Real Luxury — the book that asked why thousands of intelligent people are quietly leaving everything behind. 1500 People answers the harder question: how.
What if you could walk away — for real?
What if you could walk away from debt, isolation, and meaningless work — not into a fantasy, but into a real, functioning community built from the ground up?
The Last Real Luxury asked why. 1500 People answers how — not in vague ideals, but in concrete, buildable detail. The land, the shelters, the food, the energy, the governance, the schools, the workshops, the numbers.
The mathematics of a real tribe
One simple, powerful idea:
Ten fractal modules of 150, linked but autonomous, forming a self-sufficient tribe on the Quebec boreal frontier.
What's inside the book
- A real site — with coordinates, climate, and resources mapped out.
- Semi-buried homes that cut heating costs by up to 80 percent in a land of thirty-below winters.
- Northern greenhouses, hybrid energy, and a food system designed for true self-sufficiency.
- Governance without bosses — distributed circles and decision by consent.
- Health, education, and a community mini-factory that make the tribe genuinely independent.
- Bush planes and an airstrip, an ATV fleet, and a mobility system that keeps freedom real.
- Detailed budgets, phase-by-phase timelines, and an honest analysis of what could go wrong.
Not a utopia. A laboratory.
This is not a utopia and not a retreat. It is a laboratory: a documented, measurable, reproducible model for living with dignity, without chronic stress, without crushing debt, in a community that truly knows you.
The figure of 1500 is not a dream. It is the smallest number that makes the whole thing undeniable, and reproducible anywhere on Earth.
Richly illustrated throughout, with a foreword on how, and why, this book was built.
Read it. Argue with it. Improve it. And maybe, one day, build it.
What you get
- ePub — ideal for smooth reading on e-reader (Kindle, Kobo), tablet, or smartphone.
- PDF — carefully laid out with all illustrations, diagrams, and technical data, for computer reading or print.
- Instant access — download immediately after purchase.
Read it. Argue with it. Improve it. And maybe, one day, build it.