When my mom was a kid, they had something called school clothes and play clothes. School clothes had to be kept clean and play clothes was something one changed into after school. The washing machine is sometimes said to be the factor of the 20th century that liberated women. I do think though, that the [...]
The survival podcast on consumerism
Published in September 28th, 2011
Today’s episode of The Survival Podcast discusses consumerism and how companies are intentionally designing products to be faddish and break down in order to maximize profit. He also mentions the ERE book in the beginning. For those who are coming over from from the podcast, let me say that the kind of everyday-survivalism Jack talks [...]
I’d rather be wealthy than rich
Published in September 26th, 2011
Some definitions: Being rich is having money. Being wealthy is having time. Typically Being rich means that you have to work for your money. Being wealthy means that you simply sit around and money comes to you. Anyone who wants to be rich has to work very hard typically by pursuing either some kind of [...]
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