As a whole, we have become overly dependant on not just fossil fuels but on technology and creature comforts these days. Everytime you turn around there is a new device intended to make life easier, or limit how much effort you'd actually have to put into a task. There are vaccumes that run themselves, phones that do everything, and internet access in every public resturant because we can't live without these "necessities". There is only so long that our society can survive in this upward and onward progression before we crash.
The scare of Y2K was a valid scare but for the wrong reasons and at the wrong time. Eventually, the computers that we rely on for our everyday survival will cause us the most trouble. Those who are completely reliant on technology and on the inactivity that these technologies afford us. While I agree that it is nice to not have to plow fields by hand or cut firewood with a hatchet only, there is something to be said for actually being able to function without the constant whur of a computer and the constant ringing of a cell phone.
How many people can actually cook? I don't mean open a mix and heat it up but actually cook? If you had no choice but to grow and cook your own food, would you be able to do it? What if your heat required you to cut wood? Would you survive if our precious technology crashed? Hmmm?
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Interesting. I seriously think the switchover from technology to the basics would be too much for some people, while others could make the transition easier. The more techno-dependent people are, the harder it would be for them to accomplish simple tasks like chopping wood or growing food.
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that's exactly my point and in alot of ways my worry. Sustaining this lifestyle is not something that our Earth is going to be capable of forever. When things happen... When technology crashes our world (maybe not quite as dramatic as my word choice makes it sound but still...) where will we all be?
Those of us capable of the adaptation will be in a position to "train" or "carry" those who struggle. Will that happen? Will human nature lead us back to working together in communities? Or will it be a matter of survival of the most selfish?
Every time I travel into the woods in Montana, I experience the type of independence you lead us to in your narrative. It's a beautiful feelings. And now I wonder if that feeling I get would be any different if I was escaping such a technological world in the city.. if I grew up in, say, a different century or something. Do you know what I mean?
"I understand that this car is pretty expensive but it has more to it than any Ferrari can give to our earth and people." -- crystalcraze13, a ProU blogger
I've spoken of this many times with my boyfriend (who grew up on a farm out in the back woods of Indiana and didn't have a family that took to fancy things and modern technology very well). Growing up, he still felt better for getting to slip out into the woods and enjoy what was and not worry about anybody else. Maybe that's not as far back into a simpler time as you meant but I think it shows that even those that live what we think of as a simple life, can still enjoy the peace and serenity that comes from Mother Nature's vibrations.
Its something you don't just see, hear, taste, smell, or touch... It is truly something you just plain FEEL! I don't think the time would ever matter. But I do think that the comparison (for us) is so strong that we may see the difference stronger than many that came before us would have.