Hence my phrasing: going back, whatever that may mean, or forward, whatever that may mean.

We will always progress into the future. Going “back” to a more local agricultural society coexisting with nature can also be seen as progress. Progress is not the same as technological advances, we can progress as a society or as humanity. And we probably need a mix of both: coexistance with our environment and technological innovation. A framing of the question being either about progress or regression is utterly useless.

I was talking about choosing less development.

But yeah, I agree on the necessity of getting rid of capitalism for these scenarios to work out

Yes I agree on the likely outcome that the world will be “less developed”. But this always makes me think that we should choose this outcome rather than wait for it. That way we’ll have more control and we may limit some damage.

If we have to go “back”, whatever that means, I’d rather do it voluntarily as the urge to always go “forward”, whatever that means, seems to be an underlying cause of our problems.

I think this is offensive to mosses

I also like that there’s a little less stuff on here, it’s easy to spend less time on my phone. No need for endless shit. Occasional crap is enough.

Very cute. What kind of amanita is it? I don’t see a universal veil?

Food in Scotland is great! I had great pies, roast pig, lamb, black pudding, haggis, cakes. It was all great. Hardly any veggies though, if you’re into that kind of thing.