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burnt-resistor•about 13 hours ago

Adjacent to the noble savage myth, the good ol' days illusion meets the grass is greener on the other side. Just 4 generations ago, when people worked a low tech, hand-to-mouth agrarian existence without powered equipment, proper nutrition, or antibiotics, they were at constant risk of starvation from a single low yield harvest. It's a very hard life.

talon8635•about 9 hours ago

Reading McCullough bio of Truman and Caro bio of LBJ lead me to the same conclusion. It was brutal, and most who saw any means of escape seized it

I’m compelled by the romantic nostalgia, but I know I personally couldn’t cut the mustard

greenie_beans•about 15 hours ago

this one hit me hard! why do i work in technology

Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92

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