Thank you for the article. It made me quite nostalgic for a time that I don't even remember, being a city dweller all my life and accustomed to the "comforts" of modern life. I agree that it is a mistake to abandon the humanity that comes with working, especially physically, with your community. We live expecting convenience in everything, and we grow impatient with things that are slow. Information, entertainment, money--everything has to be instant now. I tried to initiate my 19-year-old nephew in philosophy once. He lost interest, because it's "not useful" and "takes too much time to learn." Perhaps time is running too fast for me to catch up.