[willholloway]

Walden by Henry David Thoreau was a brag:

"Thoreau pitched his Walden in this key; he claps his wings and gives forth a clear, saucy, cheery, triumphant note ... the book is certainly the most delicious piece of brag in literature ... It is a challenge and a triumph, and has a morning freshness and élan..." - John Burroughs

Stories like this give hope to all those trapped, and existentially unsatisfied in the rat race.

The internet (and USPS, UPS and Fedex) are the most amazing of all human inventions. It lets us live like Thoreau at Walden with access to the global economy.

I've been doing just that for the last 8 months, and it saved my life.

I suppose many will take that as a brag. Kindred spirits will be inspired, and maybe, just maybe we will coalesce into a liberation movement, and join together to make escape cheaper and accessible for more and more people.

[onnoonno]

If we'd all live like Walden, the planet would be a suburbian dystopia.

I sincerely hope many people WANT to live in cities.