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The System is Down

The System is going to crash and I want to drop out.

(Hat-tip, Gus.)

Posted on Thu 22 Sep 05, 12:29 pm

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  1. Comment by Nato • Thu 22 Sep 05, 2:26 pm #

    Nice read there. Cheers.
    I would note that his plan sounds a little destructive - I dunno if it was just my reading, but if we were to somehow maintain our infrastructure, while breaking our dependence apon the system, it would be cooler. So to me, his initial stage sounds appealing (decreasing expenses, living simply, etc…), but his final end seems wasteful.

  2. Comment by Angus • Thu 22 Sep 05, 10:29 pm #

    The system… is down! The system… is down!

  3. Comment by Jared • Fri 23 Sep 05, 12:17 am #

    Awesome, utterly awesome. What else is there to say. This guy appears to have such a calmly clinical mind and yet such alternative views. A prophet of destruction that speaks coherently.
    Challenging and scary.
    Food for thought.
    I’m just off to find a dumpster.

  4. Comment by Fraser • Fri 23 Sep 05, 2:12 am #

    I’m reminded of a situation about a year ago, when I was working in the stockroom at The Warehouse Bush Inn. We had to throw out a lot of stock that was unsellable for various reasons - soiled clothing, knife sets that were missing a few of the knives, damaged furniture and so on. When putting the stock in the skip, we had to damage it further to discourage anyone from stealing it; the skip was also locked up at night. Of course, I went along with all of this, but I couldn’t help but be appalled by the waste, especially of the more useful things like kitchen items. Yeah.

  5. Comment by Christina • Sat 24 Sep 05, 10:28 pm #

    I’d join them if I wasn’t such a wuss :D

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