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Jared Diamond's "The World Before Yesterday" touches on this wrt to the people of Papua New Guinea. These are people who basically lived in hunter-gatherer sty
by riffraff 9y ago
Jared Diamond's "The World Before Yesterday" touches on this wrt to the people of Papua New Guinea.
These are people who basically lived in hunter-gatherer style until very recently, and have recently started to adopt the "modern" lifestyle. According to him, they do not regret it.
Also, the "happy savage" meme has been around for literally centuries, and it's generally been propagated by rich, educated non-savages.
- Santosh83 9y agoThey will regret it some generations later as they swing to the other extreme. The core point here is too much of anything leads to stress. Living totally like a savage is indeed stressful. Also living a life totally immersed in urban dystopia is equally stressful. A happy medium works, but so few can get and remain there. Our economic systems encourage falling into extremes. They don't encourage stability and moderation.