Although it sounds very reasonable, something is drastically missing from the style of restricted economy, which means that in the end it’s at the very least spiritually unsatisfying for those who try to maintain it. Because malfunctioning is deeper than (smooth) functioning, there is an excessive intensity to the energy of things that just can’t be contained efficiently. There is a lack of attention to what is being efficiently sustained. And as the model of efficiency will always be a little bit behind the times (if only by a few moments – you can’t be radically proactive because you need to
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