Back to the Land: Wendell Berry in the Path of Modernity

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by samclemens • 7 years ago

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schallis• 7 years ago

I've been reading Berry's The Unsettling of America and am finding it a very comforting counterpoint to my career in tech and associated feelings of burnout.

FooHentai• 7 years ago

Likewise for me with Wes Jackson's 'Becoming Native To This Place', although it's pretty sad reading anti-modern stuff penned 40-50 years ago, considering how little impact it had and how many of the negatives of modern-day life were predicted in them and have intensified since.

I suppose Ted Kaczynski did that particular movement no favours.

jcrabtr2• 7 years ago

I just finished "The Art of Loading Brush," which makes many of the same arguments with some modern updates. Highly recommended.

creimers• 7 years ago

I studied agronomy and am well familiar with Berrey's work. Nonetheless, I was sucked into technology's vortex and am nowadays working as a software engineer. In my dreams I’ll go back to farming one day, but if I’m dead honest that’s probably never going to happen. We’ll all eat lab food pretty soon, hopefully at least for the better of the environment.

jcrabtr2• 7 years ago

Here's a speech of Berry's, entitled "Local Economies to Save the Land and the People," that serves as a quick introduction to his thinking.

http://inthesetimes.com/rural-america/entry/17778/local-econ...

Back to the Land: Wendell Berry in the Path of Modernity

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