As I was reading about the small activities or routines we should do in order to remind ourselves that we are alive, I kept thinking back to the mantra of Silicon Valley (Maybe the fact that I have been researching their ideology lately keeps bringing them back to mind).
The idea of disrupting everything, of always changing, of trying to alter, to change, to fail, and to try again sounds appealing on paper, but we see how much it detaches us from reality. I read in the comments, I think @Chris La Tray talked about the business opportunity seen by the guy hiking through the lands. Even though that idea might correspond to the mindset of the Valley, to make a business out of everything, to sell, to package good well enough, while pretending to reinvent the wheel, maybe you are doing more bad than good to the environment.
That sounds like a good summation. When the focus is on productivity and efficiency, it neglects the damage and waste left behind. (I wonder if the EU's cradle-to-grave manufacturing rules shift that balance at all? I haven't looked into them much since they were first discussed.)
I have Abolish Silicon Valley on my to-read shelf! Been kind of looking forward to that one, and wondering if I should get Uncanny Valley, too -- so many people have recommended it.
I heard an interview last year with one of those Silicon Valley-ish guys who's deep into Humanity 2.0 and he got really wound up about the idea of dealing with past trauma/harms, saying we just need to let it all go and move forward. (Santa Fe Institute? I forget which think tank-type place he's affiliated with. It was on the Team Human podcast.) I get the attraction of that, but it seems like the height of wishful thinking. Also kind of what bolshevism was all about. It doesn't solve anything.
Ha! I've been in Tevas for over 20 years with a brief Keen interlude. But sandals just weren't smart considering the slippery overgrown forest area I knew we'd be bushwhacking through.
Is it smart? No. Is it brand consistent? Yes, so bushwhack away!
I've been rocking them for some time as well, although I recently (okay, like 4 years ago - I tend to wear my stuff for decades) worked in some Chacos without the heelstrap, but only because Tevas discontinued their superior product.
I also tend to wear stuff for decades ;) Which I guess is part of the attraction for Tevas. I've only had 2 pairs in my life because the lasted so long. The Keens wore out much sooner. I guess I'll keep bushwhacking in them!
Probably okay if you're good barefoot? I'm fine barefoot, just when I'm wearing shoes it's better if they keep my feet stable (my ankles tend to just collapse for no reason).
Those look amazing. I haven't worn a thong-style sandal since I was about 17. Does it take getting used to? And do they deal well with water? I mostly keep a pair of Tevas on deck for river and lake time -- water shoes.
I think mine took some getting used to, if I recall, but I wear them almost exclusively. I hike in them, wear them in the river, etc. I can really tell the change that has come over my feet too, which is the whole argument behind the minimalist/barefoot thing. Regular shoes suck for me now.
I was out at Council Grove last year and there was a guy I saw out kicking through the underbrush, rolling over logs, etc. I encountered him on the trail and he asked if I come there often and I said yes, and the he said, "Someone told me there are morels out here, have you ever seen any?" to which I said no and he went on about "making some money." For me, that was my final breaking point in really being in any way supportive of the whole concept of "market harvest" on public land. I'm all for people gathering for their own needs, but as soon as it gets monetized it draws the worse elements of humans just tearing through a landscape oblivious and I hate it. But I'm old and sour and against everything so it shouldn't come as any surprise.
I am totally with you. There's this place up on Hungry Horse Reservoir where we camp with some friends every year, and it's popular with market pickers. Last year there was a guy who possibly might have been on some kind of drugs and was in a rage about how people had picked his area and he needed to make money. The camp host tried to deal with him and the guy started waving a gun around so the host had to call police in.
Sometimes I feel like it's all an illness. A disease that started way back who knows when and it manifests in these desperate strivings for temporary cash at the expense of everything else. I imagine the early colonial beaver trappers and lobster fishermen approached everything similarly; it makes sense that many of the Native people they met thought they had an illness.
I get why, for now, people are allowed to pick and sell huckleberries and morels (though I don't support it), but I don't think it's sustainable for much longer. Not if we want those things to exist for everyone in the future. You can't sell game meat, after all.
As I was reading about the small activities or routines we should do in order to remind ourselves that we are alive, I kept thinking back to the mantra of Silicon Valley (Maybe the fact that I have been researching their ideology lately keeps bringing them back to mind).
The idea of disrupting everything, of always changing, of trying to alter, to change, to fail, and to try again sounds appealing on paper, but we see how much it detaches us from reality. I read in the comments, I think @Chris La Tray talked about the business opportunity seen by the guy hiking through the lands. Even though that idea might correspond to the mindset of the Valley, to make a business out of everything, to sell, to package good well enough, while pretending to reinvent the wheel, maybe you are doing more bad than good to the environment.
That sounds like a good summation. When the focus is on productivity and efficiency, it neglects the damage and waste left behind. (I wonder if the EU's cradle-to-grave manufacturing rules shift that balance at all? I haven't looked into them much since they were first discussed.)
I have Abolish Silicon Valley on my to-read shelf! Been kind of looking forward to that one, and wondering if I should get Uncanny Valley, too -- so many people have recommended it.
I heard an interview last year with one of those Silicon Valley-ish guys who's deep into Humanity 2.0 and he got really wound up about the idea of dealing with past trauma/harms, saying we just need to let it all go and move forward. (Santa Fe Institute? I forget which think tank-type place he's affiliated with. It was on the Team Human podcast.) I get the attraction of that, but it seems like the height of wishful thinking. Also kind of what bolshevism was all about. It doesn't solve anything.
Truly not the point, but Tevas Gang 4 Life!
Ha! I've been in Tevas for over 20 years with a brief Keen interlude. But sandals just weren't smart considering the slippery overgrown forest area I knew we'd be bushwhacking through.
Is it smart? No. Is it brand consistent? Yes, so bushwhack away!
I've been rocking them for some time as well, although I recently (okay, like 4 years ago - I tend to wear my stuff for decades) worked in some Chacos without the heelstrap, but only because Tevas discontinued their superior product.
I also tend to wear stuff for decades ;) Which I guess is part of the attraction for Tevas. I've only had 2 pairs in my life because the lasted so long. The Keens wore out much sooner. I guess I'll keep bushwhacking in them!
These were my ones that "only" lasted like 8-9 years (https://www.teva.com/men-sandals/universal-slide/195719000042.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvO2IBhCzARIsALw3ASp5oDL5XqGATZXfNeQq_HajOobxt-jJWazyHQwNwXHGSDjXHpd6IDgaAmOdEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds). Teva pulled them for a while and then ran them back out. Throw these on with some cutoffs and a t-shirt and that's my summer vibe.
Those look like the best Tevas ever. I don't remember seeing them before.
They were great right up to the point where I wore them down to the earth.
I'm an Earthrunners guy myself.
https://www.earthrunners.com/
Those look solid! I wonder how they work for those of us who need arch support.
Probably okay if you're good barefoot? I'm fine barefoot, just when I'm wearing shoes it's better if they keep my feet stable (my ankles tend to just collapse for no reason).
Those look amazing. I haven't worn a thong-style sandal since I was about 17. Does it take getting used to? And do they deal well with water? I mostly keep a pair of Tevas on deck for river and lake time -- water shoes.
I think mine took some getting used to, if I recall, but I wear them almost exclusively. I hike in them, wear them in the river, etc. I can really tell the change that has come over my feet too, which is the whole argument behind the minimalist/barefoot thing. Regular shoes suck for me now.
I was out at Council Grove last year and there was a guy I saw out kicking through the underbrush, rolling over logs, etc. I encountered him on the trail and he asked if I come there often and I said yes, and the he said, "Someone told me there are morels out here, have you ever seen any?" to which I said no and he went on about "making some money." For me, that was my final breaking point in really being in any way supportive of the whole concept of "market harvest" on public land. I'm all for people gathering for their own needs, but as soon as it gets monetized it draws the worse elements of humans just tearing through a landscape oblivious and I hate it. But I'm old and sour and against everything so it shouldn't come as any surprise.
I'm glad you found some huckleberries.
I am totally with you. There's this place up on Hungry Horse Reservoir where we camp with some friends every year, and it's popular with market pickers. Last year there was a guy who possibly might have been on some kind of drugs and was in a rage about how people had picked his area and he needed to make money. The camp host tried to deal with him and the guy started waving a gun around so the host had to call police in.
Sometimes I feel like it's all an illness. A disease that started way back who knows when and it manifests in these desperate strivings for temporary cash at the expense of everything else. I imagine the early colonial beaver trappers and lobster fishermen approached everything similarly; it makes sense that many of the Native people they met thought they had an illness.
I get why, for now, people are allowed to pick and sell huckleberries and morels (though I don't support it), but I don't think it's sustainable for much longer. Not if we want those things to exist for everyone in the future. You can't sell game meat, after all.