You can live cheaply, by opting out of the rat race. Though you do need to be pretty resourceful. e.g. http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/cottage_computer_progra

You can live cheaply, by opting out of the rat race. Though you do need to be pretty resourceful. e.g. http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/cottage_computer_programming.php http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/cottage_computer_programmi... It's just that most people don't want to, we are social animals and mostly define ourselves relative to the herd. A very different application of automation to the relative-wealth issue: http://partiallyclips.com/2003/09/25/dome-house/ http://partiallyclips.com/2003/09/25/dome-house/