How do I get the ability to see the gnomes?

Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the whole world.

Humanity will inevitably build god in man's own image.

just smart enough to be happy

Some humans put a ~2.4GHz magnetron on a ventilated metal box with a fancy door.

Every vacant plot could be a home, park, market, garden, farm...