I’ve seen this thing posted off and on for some years now, these “acupressure” (spiky) mats, they’re like little cushions with dozens of kind of sharp (but not too sharp and usually plastic) “spikes” clusters on them, and people lay on them or push them in to their skin....
I think he argued one big technological development of sorts was the development of “technique”, which can in the extreme really regiment a person’s activity into defined actions
yeah I’ve heard of some things like permaculture and no till agricultural methods that make me wonder how productive low tech approaches could be; on the other extreme are hydroponics / aeroponics systems in controlled environments. It seems like we could probably experiment and find more ways to do things than our current system does things
I can’t find too much info on this online, but I stumbled upon it as related to “distributism”; seems to have been a movement sparked by opposition to industrialism in the 1800s, by Catholics, who wanted to preserve a more agrarian way of life. It has been revived in recent years, or there is an attempt to create a...
Could be kind of, that sounds like a fair approximate characterization, I don’t know what the main differences are in technological acceptance versus religious differences
In principle Catholics don’t seem too anti-technology; this group was more against industrialization and its effects, like I’m not sure they’d be against small industrial home factories whereas I imagine Amish would be
Like Amish I think go to pains to avoid things like electricity and use gas contraptions instead, I don’t think those who identify with the “Catholic Land Movement” would necessarily be against using electricity, or maybe not for the same reasons
Note: I don’t necessarily agree with the author’s writings, but I find the “low technology” approach fascinating and indeed practical in certain circumstances, and certainly worth discussion....
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initially negligable
yeah this problem is with tech in general, I think it’s called jevon’s paradox: every time tech is invented, the idea is it will save labor or resources, but people end up just using more resources a lot of times. Like a light bulb that is 10x more efficient, means people just buy 11 more light bulbs instead.
ebooks as being more environmentally friendly
well it’s better than audiobooks or video I think; I think they can possibly be ecofriendly, it may depend on the device you consume on (a desktop computer + monitor would probably consume a lot more energy than a phone or ereader)
speed limit
we don’t have to have a regulation, it could just be a culturally adapted norm (if this is thought to be a good thing); or we could find ways to make better use of data resources
If I can read it instead of watch it, I will
I’ve thought of some experiments like this before, like for instance listening to audio I think is way more energy efficient with headphones versus a speaker (1000x?)
I don’t know if you’re a /datahoarder/ at all but that’s another thought, hard drives only last so long and people buy new ones to keep their data going… I don’t know how sustainable this is but it seems a bit concerning that new hard drives are needed so frequently. /digitalminimalism/ might be a topic worth discussing
Possible Health Benefits of Acupressure (Spiky) Mats
I’ve seen this thing posted off and on for some years now, these “acupressure” (spiky) mats, they’re like little cushions with dozens of kind of sharp (but not too sharp and usually plastic) “spikes” clusters on them, and people lay on them or push them in to their skin....
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Some of Jacques Ellul's written works
I have some pdf files of some of his books and you guys are freely allowed to look at them if you want....
Making Farming Safer with Less Technology?
Farming is apparently one of the most dangerous professions....
The "Catholic Land Movement"
I can’t find too much info on this online, but I stumbled upon it as related to “distributism”; seems to have been a movement sparked by opposition to industrialism in the 1800s, by Catholics, who wanted to preserve a more agrarian way of life. It has been revived in recent years, or there is an attempt to create a...
Thematic Book Series: How to Downsize a Transport Network? (Low Tech Magazine)
Note: I don’t necessarily agree with the author’s writings, but I find the “low technology” approach fascinating and indeed practical in certain circumstances, and certainly worth discussion....
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