[Unsimplified]

We need a new economy. The ability to work and survive does not need to be so precarious. If households could make everything themselves, no abstract shock or "job market" would disturb them. But that is not reality. The key challenges... dependency coordination, natural resource control, and circular negotiation. Answer these to clarify the transition.

[Nasrudith]

An autarcic approach was left behind for a reason. Specialization and economies of scale provide far more with better efficiency.

The closest steps towards it have involved automation to effectively deskill and delabor processes usually for logistical advantages - take printing for example.

Using today's technology the best we would have is essentially a "remote compound" with a well water, and septic tank as very basics. Beyond that gets into renewable power sources like solar or wind and batteries, more extreme maybe a fully automated garden based upon indoor farming tech scaled down. All take up space and are more expensive such that it is not the cheaper option unless you are at the fringes. And it would be very far from making everything themselves. That world is gone for a reason.

Even if a housshold could be self sufficient that would be insufficient for a society - infrastructure needs support as well.

[simmanian]

I'm not in favor of every household going fully self-sufficient, but I think it's time we evaluate if we really need extreme efficiency in many aspects of our lives. I believe there are many services that would be less damaging and less polluting to the world if implemented at the community level. Growing and delivering food is a great example.