1. Posmodernity has arrived at its End, finally! Now is time to look for inspiration on other sources, Why not in Urbanistic tradition? After all, we only know of two firm pillars of planning: respect for natural sciences and adaptation to the environment in accordance with local tradition, which is the version of those handed down by popular culture.

2. Urban growth is no longer the main issue in many, many cities. If the paradigm is changing, shouldn’t the way planning is understood change as well?

3. Public space is no longer the central issue. And it hurts the eyes to see parks and squares empty for most of the day. Perhaps social life in the street is no longer the very essence of the city? And if so, where does the heart of the city beat now?

4. Density remains the best metric for understanding an urban phenomenon. This is why, in shrinking cities, maintaining areas dense enough to allow normal life is a fundamental issue, as is the case in many historic centres.

5. Urban planning is not quantum physics. Ordinary citizens, as long as they live the city intensively, can make important contributions, as has traditionally been the case. Because local knowledge matters more than theoretical studies.

6. Planning with heritage is no longer a fad, but a sound principle. A significant building, even in ruins, is always a much better option than a trendy but meaningless one.

7. Urbanism may never have been a true “science”, but what it certainly has not been is a collection of stilted phrases, unprovable theories, endless empty discourses and even personal whims.

8. Global theories and their self-righteous saints have proven to be useless everywhere in the face of concrete local problems. The time we local gurus have wasted worshipping these false gods should be compensated by walking our streets and talking to their people as penance. 

9. Green city? Sustainable metropolis? Resilient neighbourhood? Why not just say that we respect the “sense of place”?

10. Where postmodernity encountered problems we have to find resources and, if possible, inspiration. We owe a moral debt to take the good ideas produced by postmodernity and combine them with those left to us by tradition and Modernity. We may already be living on “Planet of the Apes”, but we are human enough to realise it.