movetonanaimo

My understanding is that your perspective on this point in more in line with our natural heritage as humans. I vaguely remember something from anthropology class saying that a group of aobut 200 is most natural/comfortable for a community and more than that it starts to fragment in some way(s).

I also once went to hear someone speak who I understood to be an equivalent to the Dalai Lama of his own people in Mongolia. He talked about a variety of spiritual/cognitive matters but what stuck with me was how he said that growing up in such a remote and isolated way of life made it easier to focus on learning things. He went on to say that our modern way of life is so full of information that it is very hard for us to learn things deeply. He said this in response to being asked how he managed to learn German fluently while living in the middle of nowhere in Mongolia. (He spoke German to a translator who spoke to us in English.)

On a personal level I think you're right too. I've lived a semi off the land existence as well as in really really big cities. The city life is dazzling and there is always new stuff to explore but the country life feels so much more healthy for mind and body.

Do you have any regular challenges socializing with people? If so, what are they?

Also, (kind of related) have you held on to any aspects of your past way of life because you prefer them?

Steve, I'm calling you out on this one. Karl asks you weirder shit than this in a typical five minutes of conversation. Some might say you got a bit defensive here.... maybe the question hit a nerve? Hmmmmm?

I miss Ken Tanaka. I would like to see him in hidden camera situations like job interviews in Japan.

I went kind of nuts when I saw Ken Tanaka as a meth addict. Made him even cooler.

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