Good article about living at a remote estancia at the bottom of Argentina, January 1971, 'The Housewife at the End of the World'. Not too much has changed since then.<p><a href="https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1961/edg%20NG%201971-01%20139-1%20Jan/page/n129/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1961/edg%20NG%201971-01%2...</a>
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Looks amazing. Just finagle a small solar array for power, some backup batteries and a satellite uplink for the web and I'd be there in a heartbest.
Take a 2 week long vacation deep somewhere doing just this, you will appreciate it but more than likely come to realize it is not something you would prefer long term. If you can find a middle ground, to me that’s the dream.
Same... that's the goal now. Try to get a place somewhere remote, cabin, fireplace, books, Starlink, maybe a diesel truck and couple of dogs.
Don't think the mall would like that. </sarcasm>
But why?<p>You can "isolate" in less isolated places.<p>Also what's the point if the activity you're describing is linking through other people anyway (just over internet).
I think they'd intend to consume content, not to interact with it, but commenting here discredits my interpretation.<p>Anyway, isolation and solitude seems lovely until you get appendicitis.
Please don't romanticize isolation. We have enough elderly folk existing in dire loneliness in assisted-living facilities and nursing homes who understand the true definition of it.
as is often pointed out, loneliness and solitude are two different things. The latter, especially in nature, can be a very formative and restorative experience.
People aren't allowed to enjoy something because other people don't enjoy it? Other people are experiencing something they didn't choose, so nobody should be allowed to choose it?
Whoever can enjoy what ever. There is some danger in <i>romanticize</i> things. Romanticizing shows the good in something but leaves out the difficulties. Some may very well enjoy an extremely remote and isolated lifestyle but it is not a Disney cruise of Hollywood movie.
I think they're suggesting that those who romanticize it actually just have never truly experienced it, and will not appreciate it if they do.
Incredible photos. First thing that came to my mind was an awareness of the contrast between "the full breadth of humanity experience" vs "Silicon Valley's view of humanity". I don't know if that makes sense, but it's literally the first thing that came to my mind.
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Chilean Patagonia, not Patagonia, Inc.
Patagonia as it’s referred to today was never unpopulated, it still has an indigenous population. This narrative is used everywhere for vast untamed wilderness that just ignores the many people still living there.
Phew. I am sitting here in my fleece feeling attacked.
"At the End of the World" disambiguates it pretty well, I think.
Where do I sign up? Seriously. ¿Dónde solicito el empleo?
related: <a href="https://steelcrown.weebly.com/the-elusive-reign-of-king-orlie-antoine.html" rel="nofollow">https://steelcrown.weebly.com/the-elusive-reign-of-king-orli...</a>
These photos are beautiful: <a href="https://media.newyorker.com/photos/6a7f7ed55b6cfa7eff424505/master/w_1600,c_limit/Zatarain-Coiron_02.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://media.newyorker.com/photos/6a7f7ed55b6cfa7eff424505/...</a>