Re: Amish yuppies?/ re group demographic

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@@@@ Heidi:

There seems to be a trend toward " simpler, slower " in

> > some circles, which is the opposite of the " more, faster " spiral

> > we've been in. If everyone consumes less, they might decide

> > to work less, and maybe we'll end up more Amish-like.

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i dunno, the Amish seem to work non-stop dawn to dusk...

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The membership of this forum is somewhat self-selected in

> that a lot of them found out about NT through the whole

> back-to-nature/organic/naturopathy movement. I'd be curious to know

how

> many people here got into NT purely for health purposes, and then

got

> into the ideological aspects, instead of the other way around. Any

> former modernophiles who've developed a serious desire to settle

down in

> Dutch Country as a result?

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, I think I'm closer to you here. I was and am a hardcore

(post)modernophile, and only very recently started to pay any

attention to or think about the " nature " thing, which is,

nevertheless, rapidly and dramatically transformative... My plan is

to live a deeply contradictory double-life... when i was younger i

was even what you'd call " anti-nature " in my interests and

sentiments... always sneered at the greenies, etc... my mother does

not tire of needling me about the change, and of course mothers are

the ones who keep track of these things...

I got into NT for purely (theoretical, future) health purposes (never

had any health problems) and now have got hooked on the ideological

side... funny thing is that I do live in " Dutch Country " but only by

accident (and not permanently) and found out about NT afterwards and

independently, so it's an amazing coincidence... i know you picked

that phrase for it's suggestive meaning, but i can't help but comment

on this literal interpretation!

Mike

SE Pennsylvania