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8 April 2019 07:55I wonder whether my impressions of a Proper House have been warped by American TV & film.
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8 April 2019
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8 April 2019 08:41Like - obvs I wouldn't last five minutes in the Alaskan bush.
But it's the fantasy that, maybe I could find some cheap land with a stream - or rough it in some wilderness - and then I wouldn't need to worry about the water bill. And collect dead wood and not worry about the gas. And fish. Or hunt. Or make baskets. Once you remove the cost of the basics, then it's ok to have no income.
Even though it's a silly fantasy, I have been thinking a lot about how optimised my neurotype is for a hunter gatherer or even agricultural past. And how hopeless it is for modern 9 to 5. Like we've outlived our usefulness. I can build anything, learn anything, and I have deep wells of adrenaline and motivation and speed - counterbalanced by fallow hours, where I need to sit and recharge and do nothing once the work is done. It doesn't map well onto the structured, grazing approach of modern work. Like, ADHD is predator animals like hawks and lions - who put all their strength into one devastating, swift, direct task and exhausted spend the rest of the day asleep. But the world ia built for herbivores, who graze at a single energy level all day, recharging as they go, eating and walking and eating and walking and occasionally looking up, fitting comfortably into a herd, and content to do the same thing most days.
So there's definitely a...I do think I would be better at that. Than anything involving a middle manager with a form.
But it's the fantasy that, maybe I could find some cheap land with a stream - or rough it in some wilderness - and then I wouldn't need to worry about the water bill. And collect dead wood and not worry about the gas. And fish. Or hunt. Or make baskets. Once you remove the cost of the basics, then it's ok to have no income.
Even though it's a silly fantasy, I have been thinking a lot about how optimised my neurotype is for a hunter gatherer or even agricultural past. And how hopeless it is for modern 9 to 5. Like we've outlived our usefulness. I can build anything, learn anything, and I have deep wells of adrenaline and motivation and speed - counterbalanced by fallow hours, where I need to sit and recharge and do nothing once the work is done. It doesn't map well onto the structured, grazing approach of modern work. Like, ADHD is predator animals like hawks and lions - who put all their strength into one devastating, swift, direct task and exhausted spend the rest of the day asleep. But the world ia built for herbivores, who graze at a single energy level all day, recharging as they go, eating and walking and eating and walking and occasionally looking up, fitting comfortably into a herd, and content to do the same thing most days.
So there's definitely a...I do think I would be better at that. Than anything involving a middle manager with a form.