Among many sobering predictions about our oil-driven world, Sharon Astyk, author of Causabon’s Book blog, predicts that in 2011 there will be a necessary consolidation of housing. Astyk thinks that more families and friends will choose to live together to save money and help each other out as they cope with the financial distresses of [...]
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Is the electronic revolution making ownership a thing of the past? This is an argument of Simon Smith in his most interesting article on “transumers” . He argues that renting, rather than owning, is a trend that is growing, made possible because of the Internet. Zip cars and Netflix are excellent examples. I’ve noticed this [...]
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Living Alone: It’s Modern
Thought for the day: The ability to live alone only becomes possible when electricity, running water and central heating allow an individual to maintain a life without using muscles – their own or hired. It is decidedly a late-twentieth century phenomenon. The first census that asked about the size of households was in 1940. At [...]