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Originally Posted by auroraglacialis
I think I read something about trying to reach a 1990 level of sophistication. So that is just 20 years "back" but with the promise of basically low-impact, no-corporation autonomous way of life. I think if they really can make this (and I have severe doubts about the true sustainability of course), it would be a fine price to pay I'd say - maybe it is not an iPhone but a landline for them, but if that means to reduce impact from "toxic and exploitative" to "sustainable", I think this would be a reasonable tradeoff. Life was not that bad in the 1990ies...
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You know that developing countries mostly skipped landline infrastructure entirely, since it was too expensive?
01-16-2012, 02:17 PM
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