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Neo's avatar

Brilliant piece here Gabriel. Full of refreshing thought crimes. Unfortunately, it is morning and a sunny day (so far), and my little homestead beckons, and must be attended to, lest we starve next winter.

Perhaps I'll get back to this comment after some reflection.

I'll just say this though: I do not believe the deployment or - how shall I say? - "rollout" of the digital age has been a net benefit to society. I think it was an intentional giant lobster trap, so to speak.

Compare and contrast these two short videos - they pretty much summarize my own thoughts on how we were seduced and cajoled.

1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial (1 minute)

https://sp.rmbl.ws/s8/2/O/3/f/M/O3fMh.caa.mp4?u=3&b=0

Unfortunately, that's not quite how it turned out, is it? This is now the hellscape we now inhabit.

Are you lost in the World like me? Steve Cutts (3 minutes)

https://sp.rmbl.ws/s8/2/l/g/3/T/lg3Th.caa.mp4?u=3&b=

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Theodore Atkinson's avatar

If you turn back the lifestyle dial about 100 years, most people don't know how to make vinegar, where baking soda / sodium hydroxide comes from, or how to make soap from oils and lyes.

Even with the internet, people struggle to understand that, let alone produce it. Actually I don't think most people know how to cook from scratch. I'm trying to put together a small library of basic recipes, but also some chemistry and science resources. Old school encyclopedias are on my list too.

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