[CamperBob2]

It's a cynical point of view ("Yet you yourselves participate in society! Curious!") but it holds some validity. They are using some very advanced tools to rage against the capitalist machine. Attacking modern power structures using tools and privileges that arise from those same power structures seems... well, ungrateful at times. The lives they're living were utterly inconceivable for most of human history.

That said, it'd be even more cynical to dismiss all of the work and thought that Rek and Devine have put out there because certain elements of it seem a bit hypocritical from a certain point of view. I just spent a couple of hours surfing through their site, reading about their philosophy, and find myself respecting the parts I disagree with almost as much as the parts I identify with. That kind of content is exactly what HN's good for discovering.

[globalnode]

Yes it may seem ungrateful at times but I think they are doing a service by presenting alternatives. From that point of view I think we should be grateful. Ofc I am jealous of their lifestyle but if I wanted to do that badly enough I'm sure I could work towards it too I guess?