There is a bridge there over the creek, which is a tributary of the Battenkill. “been born in a hospital and raised on computers, and then all of a sudden the world fell out from under him. Everyone else - execs, hotshot computer hackers, lawyers made partner, pop stars, and so on, of the present day - work as day laborers tilling fields, picking crops, and so on, and in turn are fed and housed on Stephen Bullock’s estate on the outskirts of town. Rugged outdoorsmen, carpenters, engineers, and their ilk will fare best in an era where foodstuffs, tools, and other necessities must be hand created or otherwise cultivated because Wal-Marts will no longer exist. World Made By Hand, a fictional allegory of Kunstler’s The Long Emergency‘s dire, post-Peak Oil prognostications, is rife with reiterations that at times overshadow the tale being told Kunstler can’t help but bang on about how brutally different our planet might be a few tumultuous decades hence. “Years from now, when we hear singing at all, we will hear ourselves, and we will sing with our whole hearts.” - James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency (2005)
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