> My personal philosophy is to use the most primitive methods possible and only use technology when there really is a strong need to go to the next level. This

> My personal philosophy is to use the most primitive methods possible and only use technology when there really is a strong need to go to the next level. This is a good take on life in general. My parents were atmy house recently and my mother commented on how we never have dirty dishes. I told them the solution to me was always obviouse; don't own a dish washer. My wife and I have never owned a dishwasher since we were married, which has forced us to be more discriminatory about our dishware & forces us to wash dishes immediately after use so they're available again. People with dishwashers tend to have double what they need because they wait to start a load until the washer is full. Lots of the available technology we have has progressed past the level of optimization IMO.