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@ayjay I’m also very excited for this. Your “Patience” essay was one of the best things I read on A Hidden Life so I look forward to much more.
@isaacgreene reading this to my sons (12 and 9) right now! We just arrived at CENTRAL Central Intelligence.
Our youngest was just introduced and read all of the them (and I read Witches and BFG aloud to him) over the last few weeks. Except for Boy, which he thought might be too different/boring. @johnbrady do you recommend it?
@bethanyh I had that same thought . . . almost added “Replace ‘students’ with ‘children,’ and ‘classroom’ with ‘home,’ and it hits even harder.
@isaacgreene Yes, my interest in the topic of limits (thanks to Wendell Berry, Ivan Illich) has had me aware of/interested in Schumacher for years, but I finally just took the plunge and ordered a copy. Much of what he wrote here in the 70s (esp. re: natural capital/ecology/technology) feels prophetic when looking at the subsequent 50 years and the climate crisis.