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Caleb Crider wrote a very nice article for the Examiner.com on the low-tech movement:
…In a globalized society of gadget-crazy tech-worshipers, there was bound to be a backlash. The Low-Tech movement is more than that. Born out of frustration with the expensive and never-ending cycle of upgrades, youngish urban professionals are abandoning the cult of shiny, new, smaller, faster, lighter…
Forget lust-fuelling sites like Engadget and Gizmodo, lurk The Low-Tech Times, where old(er) technologies are compared with their much-hyped replacements (rabbit ears vs. web TV, riding lawnmowers vs. push), and (predictably) the old school comes out on top…
The Low Tech movement matters because it values re-use (good stewardship). Its underlying anti-consumerism runs against the blatant materialism that is so prevalent today. Practicioners give themselves to hard(er), more thoughtful work, and learn to appreciate the beauty in (relative) simplicity.
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