In exchange for indoor plumbing, we don’t have the time to do our chores. In exchange for concrete foundations and plastic floors, the entire world is poisoned and we no longer have community bonds. In exchange for electricity, we lost nature
We work far more than we ever have, and for what? To destroy our bodies and live in anxiety of losing what we have?
What truly matters in life?
I’m not saying it’s all bad, but there’s a balance. We live in the most exciting times in history - it’s so absurdly convenient, but it’s also deeply horrible
No, we get more convenience
In exchange for indoor plumbing, we don’t have the time to do our chores. In exchange for concrete foundations and plastic floors, the entire world is poisoned and we no longer have community bonds. In exchange for electricity, we lost nature
We work far more than we ever have, and for what? To destroy our bodies and live in anxiety of losing what we have?
What truly matters in life?
I’m not saying it’s all bad, but there’s a balance. We live in the most exciting times in history - it’s so absurdly convenient, but it’s also deeply horrible
You also don’t have to cobble your own shoes or darn your only pair of socks.
It isn’t a serious perspective to say that medieval peasants had it better than anyone in a first world country today.