I'm sending this to my family. We have an off-grid cabin here in the PNW and a large propane tank to go with it down a long dirt road. My parents built it in 1971 and back then we used kerosene lanterns for light. Now we have solar but it's currently messed up so we're back to no power. The place is a constant source of head-scratching to keep operational. But I guess you could say it's taught us a thing or two about the value of deprivation without the resources we count on in the city. Thanks for sharing your experience with building and the paradoxical head scratcher decisions you're being forced to make.
Optimal deprivation therapy to treat your baseload dependency disorder. I think I heard this from a team guy but can’t for the life of me remember where. Energetic fasting...that thing that makes coming home from canyons oh so sweet
I always get inspiration from Jamie’s work, not the grandpa wisdom type, but something I genuinely want to imitate most days around my peers. As a twenty-four year old coming out of University, what in the fuck do I do in this dynamic hot pot of social muck out here? Jamie’s work offers relief short term, and inspiration to find a purpose both serving existential risk, and small scale relationships at the same time.
Just like the potential for psychedelics to change the world has come and gone, this geo crowd is stuck outside the meta cave general population subscribes too. None of it will happen in time, lacking necessary infrastructure.
Appreciate ya, Jaime. Just finished Nate's Vol.1 (this morning) and working through Come of Age (Jenkins) - this was a super solid amalgam of both... I wrote, "What can we (my clan) do differently today?" - so not only substantive & stylish but super timely. Trying to bring back story-telling and get everyone a little more uncomfortable (paradoxically more comfortable in the long-haul) - thanks for making a difference and for the mental nudges. Hope all is well in your camp.
Deep, true, personal, important, funny (!), and a fine seasoning of linguistic spice.
I’ve always enjoyed your writing, and this is my favorite in quite a while.
Happy to see you here, brother. Nicely done!
I'm sending this to my family. We have an off-grid cabin here in the PNW and a large propane tank to go with it down a long dirt road. My parents built it in 1971 and back then we used kerosene lanterns for light. Now we have solar but it's currently messed up so we're back to no power. The place is a constant source of head-scratching to keep operational. But I guess you could say it's taught us a thing or two about the value of deprivation without the resources we count on in the city. Thanks for sharing your experience with building and the paradoxical head scratcher decisions you're being forced to make.
Optimal deprivation therapy to treat your baseload dependency disorder. I think I heard this from a team guy but can’t for the life of me remember where. Energetic fasting...that thing that makes coming home from canyons oh so sweet
I appreciate the Bruce Damer quote. Love that guy.
Bravo, Jamie. You’ve articulated a concept that needs a larger voice. We must scale down.
Good Read J. Great perspective, back to the Tao, hold the middle. And flow. And transcend the death-fuck fear trip!
I always get inspiration from Jamie’s work, not the grandpa wisdom type, but something I genuinely want to imitate most days around my peers. As a twenty-four year old coming out of University, what in the fuck do I do in this dynamic hot pot of social muck out here? Jamie’s work offers relief short term, and inspiration to find a purpose both serving existential risk, and small scale relationships at the same time.
glad it's a bit helpful Sam and that I haven't slid into Grandpa Wisdom just yet ;)
One of my favorite pieces from you Jamie!
You speak of cycles; you speak of life; you speak of death.
Matters of common sense and universality.
Well done, and thank you!
✨
Yeah, wasting daylight while trying to save it...go figger
Wait until the geoengeneering crowd comes to try and save us from the sun... and you get maximum metaphorical potency.
Just like the potential for psychedelics to change the world has come and gone, this geo crowd is stuck outside the meta cave general population subscribes too. None of it will happen in time, lacking necessary infrastructure.
Hell fire & DamNation—Free the rivers! Going with the flow does not meaning controlling the flow rate. Good read, thx.
Appreciate ya, Jaime. Just finished Nate's Vol.1 (this morning) and working through Come of Age (Jenkins) - this was a super solid amalgam of both... I wrote, "What can we (my clan) do differently today?" - so not only substantive & stylish but super timely. Trying to bring back story-telling and get everyone a little more uncomfortable (paradoxically more comfortable in the long-haul) - thanks for making a difference and for the mental nudges. Hope all is well in your camp.
JM