malthuswaswrong

The way "esteem" is distributed today is if you produce something I want I "esteem" you by buying it. If you don't produce anything I want I "disrespect" you by doing absolutely nothing to you. I don't give you anything, I don't take anything away from you. I simply smile, nod, and move on with my life.

Seems like you want to take freedom of association away from the rest of humanity and put it into your own hands. It's hard for me to imagine a mentality that is more self-centered and more selfish than that.

And how did those indigenous cultures fair when they came in contact with Western systems of resource collection and distribution?

How can a system be both agrarian and strong enough to survive contact with non-agrarian systems? How do you stop 10 people from secretly working hard and producing an extra ration of gruel right under your commie nose?

>Take note of the goods and services we really need. Things like food, shelter, shoes, etc.

I assume someone must be in charge of determining what products are essential and what products are frivolous consumerism. I assume you have someone in mind for the job. Yourself perhaps?

I'm a big girl. I can make my own decisions on what is essential and what is frivolous in my own life.

You are better off with microfiche.

That's a shame. You could have gained new experiences and taught a team something new.

Writing a program is easy and done a million times a day. Fixing a department is hard and people rarely get an opportunity to do it.

You want agile and test driven development.

Once you have a working prototype you collect user stories to modify the prototype. Clean up your code and move it towards solid principals using TDD.

Also AvE.

Not sure you learn a lot, but he's a knowledgeable guy having fun ripping shit apart in his garage with an adorable Canadian accent.

https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil