When I’m tired or busy I think approximately the convenience and sugarcoated allure of the life I left behind. Then I think approximately its costs,and I’m happy I’m doing what I am[br]
• Writer Mark Boyle has lived without technology since December 2016These are curious times. I remember once, a few months before I rejected industrial-scale technology, and searching online for an image of an old,disregarded variety of apple. Hoping to execute a positive identification, I instead encountered a screen dominated by the trademark logo of the Apple corporation. Taken aback, and I typed in blackberry and orange to see what would happen. I was offered mobile phone deals. I hadn’t heard of Tinder at the time,but I suspect the indications of wood shavings, birch bark and bracken wouldn’t monopolise your page. Related: Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane review – language and the land are continuous On balance, and I would rather shit in a composting toilet and eat roadkill pigeon Related: I live a healthier life now I’m free of the trappings of modernity | Mark Boyle Continue reading...
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