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Plot twist, many of the people dreaming of an off grid lifestyle really just need to get away from the stress caused by being on line 24/7 and wouldn’t find any
by throwaway316943 6y ago
Plot twist, many of the people dreaming of an off grid lifestyle really just need to get away from the stress caused by being on line 24/7 and wouldn’t find any reprieve by moving to the woods while continuing to be jacked in.
- heliodor 6y ago"We Are As Gods" is a book about the back-to-the-land movement in the 70s. Easy and interesting reading. It will make you appreciate your urban life really quickly!
- dmje 6y agoOh, ta, bookmarked!
- TheGrassyKnoll 6y agoAs a kid in school we read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Side_of_the_Mountain Gives you a little taste of surviving outdoors.
- throwaway316943 6y agoI’m a middle roader. We need both simplicity and complexity. I wouldn’t want to completely cut my internet connection but it’s more conducive to my productivity to confine it to a single room or device. I appreciate my current life in a rural setting more than I ever did living in large cities.
- dmje 6y agoYeh, that was kind of in my mind. We spent a couple of years living in the middle of nowhere in a corrugated iron shack - it had electricity, borehole water, etc - but REALLY slow internet. It was wonderful.
- iancmceachern 6y agoWe bought an RV a few years back, scratches this itch for us while still being able to come back to society.