We Want a Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyle with Space Age Tools

What we want is a hunter gatherer lifestyle with space age tools

This essay argues that our discontent with modern life stems from a yearning for a more personal, hunter-gatherer existence, but with the benefits of our advanced tools. It explores how industrialization has stripped away individuality in education, work, governance, and medicine, leading to a desire to 'RETVRN' to a simpler past. Yet, the author suggests, we don't need to abandon our progress; instead, we can use our understanding to recreate the personal connections and autonomy we crave, moving forward with new insights.

We can treat rules as suggestions of the right average behaviour and Schelling points and not as laws like gravity.

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2026-08-29