Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ...
by ElevenLathe on Thursday December 08, 2022 @05:24PM
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I used to feel this way but have since realized that it is a WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, democratic) perspective. For the majority of human history, we needed our birth community in a very direct way simply to eat, keep ourselves housed, find a mate, etc. Many of those needs can now be taken care of by the market but IMO it pays to be careful about committing completely to such a course.
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Re:Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of ...
by emodendroket on Thursday December 08, 2022 @05:39PM
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Sure, I don't imagine I can somehow totally divorce my own thinking from the culture I live in or my education. That doesn't mean it is necessarily wrong (the germ theory of disease is also WEIRD, or was at one point). I think it is telling that most people in the modern world who continue to live this way do not have the resources to do otherwise.