perhaps a return to the city - states that existed in the past - Athens, Sparta. I would agree with Deepa that electricity is the minimum - nomadic is usually great when the economy is good; not so great when things are going sour. the one thing I like about the nomadic existence is having skills that translate across borders.
As for danger, from a woman's perspective, i find it hard to believe there is such a thing as a safe place be it city or rural areas or small towns (shades of Dogville!!) On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > > >> >
