Looks like the important people are starting to catch on with regard to living more simply for a better life. This is something of an update to the themes Ivan Illich (more here) professed back in the 70s & 80s in his critique of the over-sped, over-consumed, over-educated, over-institutionalized, over-mechanized life of rich countries.

And maybe here would be a time to acknowledge my membership in the cult of Illich! I’m coming to discover legions of us out there who have either actually worked with him (and gone on to do fascinating things or were heavily influenced by his writings. (Here is an interesting example that seems to be Illich-inspired.)