This is a thought-provoking but ultimately unsatisfying essay. Its exhortation to "resist the stupefying power of convenience" is unlikely to work, because con

This is a thought-provoking but ultimately unsatisfying essay. Its exhortation to "resist the stupefying power of convenience" is unlikely to work, because convenience, which I would define as "getting what you need or want with less effort," gives rise to economic incentives: Between any two otherwise equal options, the more convenient one requires a lower investment of time and work from you and is therefore, in the end, cheaper. Exhortations against economic incentives rarely if ever work.