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Vitalik Buterin
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I love nature. But one thing I am forced to admit about nature is that many of the things that make nature pleasant in practice are actually very artificial: * Clothing and equipment * Public toilets at most 1km away in city parks * Paths, trails, roads * Dangerous animals removed * Lots of active maintenance
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Makes sense. The "wild" becomes attractive, pleasant & romantic only after we tame, control and "de-wild" it. People that really live close to nature won't associate with it the pleasantness we do. Majestic - yes, awful (as in - inspiring awe) - yes. But "pleasant" isn't a good word here.
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A different sentiment than "pleasant" is the joy and exhilaration from taming nature. For me, the "pooping in nature" experience becomes interesting in one of two scenarios: 1) I'm bringing order to chaos 2) It's part of something internal - telling myself that it's possible There are some web3.0 metaphors here...
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