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by ramesh31 764 days ago
There's an obsession with the old ways. As if they were better. As if sitting in a cabin in the woods and breaking your back every day to not die of starvation is some kind of accomplishment. It's not.
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I think it obviously is a difficult accomplishment. I agree that some people probably romanticize the "old ways" and more radical forms of self-reliance, but ultimately it is question of taste and interest.

I have enough experience with it to know it is far harder than most people imagine, but still think there is a lot that I think is positive about it.

Is running a marathon an accomplishment?
why isn’t that an accomplishment? who are you to decide what other people get validation from?