E. F. Schumacher's work and writings such as his highly influential book, Small is Beautiful, about Appropriate Technology, are relevant here. https://en.m.wik

E. F. Schumacher's work and writings such as his highly influential book, Small is Beautiful, about Appropriate Technology, are relevant here. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Schumacher https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Schumacher https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Is_Beautiful Mentions of him on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=e.%20f.%20schumacher&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... One by me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18635882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18635882 He was influenced by Gandhi, among other people. Gandhi had done a lot of work on appropriate technology, like on charkhas (hand-operated spinning wheels), khadi (indigenous handloom cotton fabrics), in India, with a view to self-sufficiency of the people, apart from (but also related to) his more well known work on the non-violent feeedom movement which resulted in India's independence from Britain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi Such work started decades ago. If people research what has been done in their fields in the past, they can sometimes avoid rediscovering or reinventing a lot of wheels.