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Originally Posted by eternomi  What might be possible is to go back to our roots. Automation is still needed, but at smaller scales so that I can grow my own food, for example, but not have to spend my entire time doing it... Same thing for cooking, cleaning, etc.. Is it possible? I don't know, but clearly mass-automation is causing more trouble than providing solutions. Not to mention, perhaps there is in fact value in doing these things personally! For example, I prefer doing physical work in the yard to going to the gym... I prefer cooking my own food fresh to eating out. Am I wasting my time? or engaging in healthy activities which I actually enjoy? |
I agree about going back to your roots. And I already have a few ideas as to have this could be done without having to spend a large amount of your time in doing it.
For example, the general layout of suburbia could be designed in such a way that every 5 or so homes could share a vegetable garden/ fruit trees, etc. In which each household would take their turn in maintaining the food production, in a continuous cycle. Although everyone would need to be willing to give up at least a little of their time to carry out this task (and from I've heard, a vegetable garden doesn't need a huge amount of attention to maintain). As well as this, local farmers would be encouraged to continue what they do without being muscled out by larger competition. Certain laws would need to exist though to keep this stable I guess.
It could really just be a matter of a difference in mindset and change of environment that could encourage humanity to have a reverence for nature and being self-sustainable, especially if all the resources to do so were free to the public (that would be the ideal, at least
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I see this as a great way in causing people to become more self-dependent. And would encourage a larger part of the population to return to cooking there on meals, growing there own food, crafting there own things and creating stronger family units.