[akgerber]

I live, in many ways, by the standards of 90 years ago— apartment in a 1907 tenement house (a new law tenement, much better than the old law kind!), no laundry machine, clothing often bought used & which I often repair myself, most transportation on foot or on train/bike for longer distances. I have nicer electronics, of course, but that doesn't consume a big percentage of my income.

But there's no easy way to opt for a four-hour workday, which I would prefer— instead, I save most of my income.

[chii]

But you can't just pick out the bits from the 1900's that you liked, and then abandon the bits you think you dont like, independently of each other.

For example, your nice electronics requires huge, globalized workforce, with perhaps hundreds of thousands of specialties to manufacture. Each of those specialties need the volume and scale to be profitable - so much so that it seems to not consume much of your income (as a rich person in a rich country).

Ditto with healthcare - you will have to abandon the fact that you would have access to it, or in any modern quality.

[pwdisswordfish9]

> you can't just pick out the bits from the 1900's that you liked, and then abandon the bits you think you dont like, independently of each other

Wait a second, sure you can. Why can't you? Your example isn't as good of an example as you think. The rest of the people in the world can hum along on their current trajectory if they want; what do I have to do with the production of those electronics in the hypothetical world? I don't have anything to do with it in the world we're actually in.