Remember how popular “The Whole Earth Catalogue Was”? Well, a lot of folks around here live off the grid. Part of the ability to do this is because of modern technology. I for one, survive by a satellite hookup to the Internet, so that where exactly I am, no longer matters. I’m very established in my business, so that being in a city is not necessary. I think my situation describes more and more people. I also know quite a few people that live very efficiently on boats.
Obviously everyone did without 150 years ago, but for a modern world to turn back the clock would be difficult. There’s a lot to consider – basically you’ve got learn how to love what you’ve got, and break away from wanting to consume everything that advertisers market to you as necessary. How this or many other facts of life will play out in the big cities is what really makes it seem so scary. As I used to say in seminars – “If you love your kids you’d better be prepared. If you don’t intend to shoot em, you’d better be ready to feed them, cause they’re coming home.”

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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
Marcus Aurelius