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It's often useful to have someone exploring extremes. Philosophical extremes, lifestyle extremes, physical, etc. For example, I think reading Ayn Rand is useful
by netcan 13y ago
It's often useful to have someone exploring extremes. Philosophical extremes, lifestyle extremes, physical, etc. For example, I think reading Ayn Rand is useful even though I disagree with here on many points.
I think many people feel like much of our modern wealth is "wealth." Long hours at Jobs we don't like. No free time. Dept. Constant financial worries. Social alienation.
Hopefully they find some useful things that other people can use.
- hrkristian 13y agoThe article makes no mention things like health insurance and other safety nets. What will he do when he grows too old to be autonomous? I'm all for the idea of going back to basics, advanced stages of anything usually comes with a lot of negative baggage, our western society included. However, living "intentionally poor" means you're distancing yourself from everything, you're essentially back to the Middle Ages, and your quality of life depends solely on your genetics and luck in life. He breaks his foot, and suddenly he has to come crawling back to the "system" he once was a slave of. A system he no longer deserves to be a part of because he's stopped contributing to it.
- tonyedgecombe 13y ago"A system he no longer deserves to be a part of because he's stopped contributing to it." It seems to me he is contributing in many ways, they just aren't financial.
- netcan 13y agoI'm not sure that living "intentionally poor" means anything in particular. The article gives two example: a guy in a hobbit hole and a girl in a cheap NY room. Both are using macs and making a little money online. Doesn't sound medieval to me. Anyway, the article isn't about a "mid sized country" deciding to live in a hobbit hole. It's about a few individuals. They're trying to find a satisfying way of living. This anger about not contributing to the system feels very off to me.
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