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In my opinion people have forgotten how artificial life has become in the West specially in places like the US. Cities are not designed for walking but for mov

In my opinion people have forgotten how artificial life has become in the West specially in places like the US. Cities are not designed for walking but for moving with a car. In Winter streets are cold and depressing without light. People have no friends, they eat fast food, could not sleep because they need the time for commuting or stress anxiety. This as a whole makes people miserable. It is not being alone. I go kayaking in Argentina with very few people and it is just amazing experience and you are almost alone in nature. It is just the need to reconnect with the basic essence of humans and nature. Friends, sleeping what you need, love, not just sex, eating well. We tend to postpone the basics and say "I will sleep well, or eat well, or spend time with family, lovers and friends when I made it". The business deal, the loan is paid but as a result the inner self becomes void, and life flies by. We have to live an artificial life, there is no other way to feed an exponential growth population, but we have to be careful not going too far.

QAPereo 9y ago
there is no other way to feed an exponential growth population There is no way to feed it in the long haul, it’s just society eating us to sustain maximum growth until inevitable implosion. We have to live an artificial life because nature is a nightmare of survival, parasitism, and stress worse than any artificial environment short of prison. The artificial life we choose to lead however, is a crazy and unsustainable one led for the benefit of a very few.
nitwit005 9y ago
> in the West As is usually the case, you might as well leave that off. Most of the world has moved into cities.
CM30 9y ago
> Cities are not designed for walking but for moving with a car. In Winter streets are cold and depressing without light. Isn't this more of an American thing? Over here in Europe, most cities seem perfectly walkable, with their general designs staying the same as they were before cars took off and the streets remaining as lively as ever.

QAPereo 9y ago

there is no other way to feed an exponential growth population There is no way to feed it in the long haul, it’s just society eating us to sustain maximum growth until inevitable implosion. We have to live an artificial life because nature is a nightmare of survival, parasitism, and stress worse than any artificial environment short of prison. The artificial life we choose to lead however, is a crazy and unsustainable one led for the benefit of a very few.

nitwit005 9y ago

> in the West As is usually the case, you might as well leave that off. Most of the world has moved into cities.

CM30 9y ago

> Cities are not designed for walking but for moving with a car. In Winter streets are cold and depressing without light. Isn't this more of an American thing? Over here in Europe, most cities seem perfectly walkable, with their general designs staying the same as they were before cars took off and the streets remaining as lively as ever.