Hi, I’m working on a page for the /c/writing worldbuilding resource wiki on “High Context Living” and I’m hoping some of you might have good examples/stories!

My working definition at the moment is “the sort of custom, DIY systems favored by offgrid homesteaders and people without other options, which trade user-facing complexity and unique quirks/challenges for significant efficiency and lower cost in parts and materials.”

It’s probably easier just to share the zine that named the concept (included below with permission of the creator (who wished to remain anonymous)).

  • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    24 days ago

    A good one is 100 rabbits, which is a couple working on low tech games living on a sail boat.

    https://100r.co/site/knowledge.html

    Oh and you know the early retirement movement. Turns out one of the pioneers of what is now a hardcore capitalist idea did it, because he believes in peak oil and the need to reduce energy consumption. His blog is really interesting, as he took saving to another level, by living in a trailer with a lot of hacks.

    https://earlyretirementextreme.com/

    Another one would be Tyler Disney living in hut in the desert:

    https://tylerjdisney.com/

    LowTechMagazine has a lot of this sort of stuff:

    https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/

    • durian@slrpnk.net
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      22 days ago

      Thanks for the link to Tyler Disney I just read his book it’s refreshing to read a financial book that’s anti-capitalist and collapse-aware and not individualistic