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> On a community level this is all pretty soul crushing because your existence is predicated on your ability to basically put on a show for others (i.e. look qu
by pm90 6y ago
> On a community level this is all pretty soul crushing because your existence is predicated on your ability to basically put on a show for others (i.e. look quaint).
So, like all of Hollywood? : )
It seems like in your book, “putting on a show for others” is somehow a distasteful means of living. However, many people enjoy this lifestyle. Reinventing something as basic as fishing into an “experience” for tourists, most of who are likely city dwellers who would never get to experience this, seems like a win win to me, and honestly something we could get other industries involved in. You mention the timber industry... if there were places that would allow me to cut down trees with a chainsaw, I would actually be interested in that!
As more of human society urbanizes, we’re going to see a lot more demand for these “experiences”.
- zucked 6y agoI had a long response typed out, but you said it better than I could. I think humans have a desire to work with their hands and see the fruits of those labor. As more and more of us push paper and sling 1's and 0's, we're losing that connection and seeing the outcome in things like "Experience" tourism and the romanticizing of hard work. Look at what is popular on Youtube - 'mustie1' fixes junk with his hands in 30 minute videos for nearly 500k subscribers. 'Primitive Technology' replicate(d) societal development for 10.3M subscribers. Nobody is arguing that this work is hard. Sorry if the "theatre" of it bothers you, but I think it's a net societal benefit to help reconnect people back to "artisan" and "boutique" ways of living. We still need those people - think of tourism as a recruiting tool.