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>I'm not so sure I could essentially live a life of vagrancy and dumpster diving Isn't this essentially a hunter-gatherer life? Our brains are really good at t

• mikelevins 5y ago
  Many years ago, I was poor enough to live this way for a while. It's not as bad as you might imagine, as long as you live some place with good dumpsters and know how to find them. Really, the worst thing about it was that if your resources are sufficiently scarce and unpredictable that you're motivated to learn how to live this way, then you most likely have a bunch of other unpleasant problems, like food and shelter insecurity, and you are probably suffering a lot of stress and anxiety because of it. Also, hunter-gatherer societies are societies; they offer mutual aid and support and close relationships. Our society works differently, and if you're stressed enough to learn dumpster diving, then there's a good chance that you need more social support and close relationships than you have readily available.
  • hamiltonians 5y ago
    foodstores have good dumpsters
    • mikelevins 5y ago
      Yes, I found that to be true back in the 1980s. Some were better than others. There was even one I knew of where the employees were fairly organized about how they packed their dumpsters, so that it was easy for people to find and retrieve the discarded food that was in good shape.