On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Giancarlo Livraghi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > > > 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. > > This is a very interesting thought. > > > In the early days of the internet, some of us believed that it would make > it possible to be "nomadic" without gong back to a not very comfortable > pre-agricultural age. And, of course, it's true. > I don't agree with this, either. For most of us, electricity is a must for communication...and very, very few of us can do without it on a permanent basis. How would you have a nomadic existence with dependence on it? > > But it isn't happening even remotely as much as it could. The monstrous > growth of gigantic cities in many parts of the world (especially those with > severe poverty) remains a tragically strong trend. > > It's sad - and dangerous. Also rather stupid. > > I don't know about this, Giancarlo.....We have never had such a large population of human beings ever...and perhaps this IS the best strategy for human survival...the pattern always seems to have been for humans to aggregate in large numbers...compared to the population then, the ancient cities were large groups of people. So why do you feel that it's sad, dangerous, and stupid? Surely, a human being feels more secure and less threatened by external dangers in larger groups. Deepa. >
