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Phys.org reports:
The idea of a life lived modestly is gaining traction. Ten years ago, Samantha Weinberg, a mother of two young children, spent a year not shopping. Her aim was to reduce her environmental impact. The next year, Mark Boyle, founder of the online Freeconomy community, embarked on a life without money in order to sever his connection with it. Since then, others have joined this "Not Spending" movement.
Frugality has its limitations. Not everyone is able-bodied enough to cycle, and if we all started foraging for wild food it would deprive non-human species of nutrients and disrupt local ecosystems. While minimalism has found new converts, especially in Japan, this extreme approach is unlikely to go mainstream.
Perhaps a more realistic hope is for a steady rise in the number of people who discover that pursuing non-material riches brings greater happiness than the getting and spending of money. In fact, significant numbers of "voluntary simplifiers" have been choosing and enjoying lives of material simplicity for decades.
Have Soylentils found greater happiness through simplification?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday April 08 2017, @10:30AM
While I agree that ragging on hipsters is highly amusing as hobbies go, what they're trying to replicate ain't a bad thing here. I mean there're plenty of hillbillies, rednecks, and otherwise rural citizens who would rather hunt or fish up their dinner than pay for it and always have been. They're not on to anything remotely new, they're just doing it for dipshit reasons.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.