Comment by alper
9 hours ago
Yeah, but none of what they do works without the rest of industrial society. As such it's an empty pursuit.
Resilience and survival are social pursuits.
9 hours ago
Yeah, but none of what they do works without the rest of industrial society. As such it's an empty pursuit.
Resilience and survival are social pursuits.
By living off grid they are stress testing things so that when things are tougher (perhaps temporarily!) things have a higher chance of chugging along
And obviously, like, they go to places and talk to people and buy equipment etc.
There’s a whole gamut of failure modes for tech from “total civilizational collapse” down to “cell tower is down”, and time periods from “forever” down to “a couple of days”
People doing this sort of lifestyle but sharing findings and ideas and ultimately maybe pointing out how more can be done with less is part of us building up knowledge together isn’t it?
These people aren’t completely offline even! They blog and post online!
> Yeah, but none of what they do works without the rest of industrial society.
But then they have in fact not abandoned society.
> As such it's an empty pursuit.
What do you believe that they are pursuing that you think is empty?
I feel like that’s part of their point. It’s not that they’re separating from society, they’re preparing for a future when society collapses and it’s relevant to live more off the refuse.
Almost no human endeavor is without intrinsic value. Yours is a truly ignorant assertion.