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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
I'm not sure that their life is actually any simpler - and they're not moving away from their jobs to a different place. They're just replacing physical stuff with digital stuff.
The problem is when they attempt to replace something like accommodation, which doesn't have a digital equivalent. That seemed particularly dippy to me 
I think that people are right to compare it to people dropping out of other social norms, which has always happened. Part of what grates with people, I think, is that this often seems to involve dropping responsibilities while still expecting the benefits, and thinking that this is terribly clever (or far out, or otherwise fashionable). Humbug! |
To some extent .... hidden costs we pay to live the way we do seem to be passing them by - in way, ... Yes ... it's laudable and enviable, but at the same time ... selfish.
Whether this is a
sustainable existence only time will tell ....