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by wxw 14 days ago
Incredible letter, thanks Chad

> AI was the last straw. Have you heard of that island off India where the indigenous population kills any outsiders fool-hardy enough to land? They are doing the rest of us a favor by preserving a way of life we may need again someday, or at the very least should not want to see completely extinguished.

> I haven't used a phone or the Internet in my personal life since February 6. To communicate with other humans, I use the USPS, or I maneuver my body into close proximity and vibrate air with my throat.

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I am going to a commune in Vermont and will deal with no unit of time shorter than a season.
In New England weather that could be an hour. Just this week, we've had Spring, Summer, frost warnings, and 75F+ days.
It's a quote from "The Soul of a New Machine."
Yes, I just saw that in the other thread. I still stand by it!