What is paradise to you?

[Fkeu'itan]

Well, for me, I guess you're right. I want to be able to do what truly needs to be done. I want to be able to provide myself with my own food, shelter and safety of my own accord, not by having to earn money to buy it, but by actually being allowed to go out there and do it myself... The problem that I see is that when everyone else lives in an automaed environment, it actually does stop me from being able to do such things, as because I clearly live with ideals that are 'wrong' by most people's standards, it is often the case that they get to live their lives the way they want to, and the minority of people who do not want to live that way are forced into it, simply because it's what everyone else does.

I don't believe that I would be 'artificially limiting' the number of choices, I would be naturally limiting the number of choices. Right now, I think we are artificially enhancing the number of choices, which is fine for some people, but it isn't necessarily what I want from life. I prefer life's simple qualities, to be able to lie or even to work or to survive amongst pure nature is a great privilage. Perhaps life isn't all freedom in a world where survival is paramount, maybe there's not much free time to be laying beneath the stars or sitting in forest glades enjoying the sound of nothing but nature (although arguably, this free time woud be slightly more accessable if other people were willing to join me) but I don't mind that. For me, if there was a choice between living a non-life in a computer (even if it meant I could have everything and anything I wanted when I thought of it instantly), a half-life where you work, earn money, go on holidays etc. or a full life lost in nature's arms, I choose the third one every time.

Maybe i'm wrong, but when people talk about this idea of life, most people react with hostility for some reason, throwing out labels or slander. I'm not saying that anyhting new is bad, it's just that i'm not sure I like the idea of 'modern life'. Neither am I saying my choice of life is right or wrong, i'm not trying to convert anyone... I just wish that a lot of people here would uphold their moral that 'anyone can live their life as they wish, as long as it doesn't interfere with mine.'