¶ Iceland
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Iceland:
"One hundred architects had invited me to Iceland. They Have a population of a quarter million, 70 percent of whom live in Reykjavik. And their parliament has a wonderful name-- it’s called the ‘Thing.’ With all their glaciers and volcanoes they live with both natural extremes and most of the rest of the world has really passed them by. The people are beautiful; the men have that rough Veeking look, but with features like the Scots. They have the second highest per capita wealth. Their men live to 72 and their women to 74… They just seem to have been isolated by the Almighty.
"And they have the best standard of living; nothing at all showy, but every comfort that doesn’t show. And they just call themselves by first names, or it might be Erik Erkson, but that would be just for that one person and not a family name.
“Iceland was completely bypassed by all the east-westing of the ocean trade. They were the last to take on Christianity and so they started out as Lutherans, but it really hasn’t caught on with them and they are reverting to paganism. We talked about how you find god yourself. No more secondhand god–that is the essence of the Iceland program.”
