SOCI 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Knitting, Social Capital, Materialism
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Time diversi cation/extra-market diversi cation: what kind of "time diversi cation" does she envision, working less hours and using the free time for leisure or skills. Costs can be kept low by avoiding private pro t from essential services: access to basic needs must be widely affordable (education and healthcare) Countries with longer annual hours of work tend to have higher ecological footprints. Housing, transport, and restaurants are the 3 most environmentally damaging expenditures. Producing for oneself, making items that can be sold or bartered for other items, engaging in activities that are meaningful, skill-building, and contribute to standard of living. People engage in these activities because they enjoy them and yield better quality products. What is the role of technology in self-provisioning? (schor thinks that self-provisioning has become more ef cient in recent years) Self-provisioning is expected to increase over the years. Fab lab machines that can make almost anything.
