On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Giancarlo Livraghi <[email protected]> wrote: > > On banks and oilfields - wouldn't it be nice if we could get rid of both?
Oh, but you can. It's getting a lot harder with every passing year, but there are still places on this planet where one can be a hermit on the mountain, leading an existence disconnected from society. It's sub-optimal to living with society, but it really is a question of priorities. It's been argued that agriculture was the single largest blunder humans committed; thereby upsetting the natural balance of all life. There's a certain wisdom to that. I have been rather taken of late with the idea of leading a nomadic existence at some point in my life. It almost feels like that's what humans were meant to do. It's a great pity that modern civilization has encroached so heinously on the lives of people who don't fit its mold. In my opinion, it is no different from ethnic cleansing. When you take a nomad or a forest dweller and make them lead the life of a settled agriculturalist, or a factory worker you take away a very central part of their being, and it's a pity we don't even recognize it. Cheeni
