At the height of the summer, tending to the animals and the garden became very time consuming. In a way, this contradicts with the previous chapter where Eric valued the slower way of doing things in a non-technological setting. In this community people can be just as busy, but focusing or more basic things around the household, solving problems that have already been solved through the use of technology. The scope is to eliminate the negative effects of technology, but at the same time it eliminates the speed and efficiency that come from its’ use and that is the tradeoff that this community has made.
It seems that the road trip the two take in an effort to scout places to live post-experiment has made them realize how much they actually liked this new found lifestyle. At this point, I even wonder if they will leave the community at the end of the year-and-a-half.
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It seemed that they were also taking the roadtrip to get away for a little while. It was a pretty stressful chapter because of how much tending needed to be done. I've only ever had experience with a very small garden - that changes very slowly. I can imagine that when you are gardening on the scale that they are, it takes a lot of work!
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