tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280576398615172460.post6111869680073205894..comments2020-02-19T00:27:13.196-07:00Comments on Where Simplicity Leads: Still Paring Down After Five YearsMelanie Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06034189354730902887noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280576398615172460.post-62167956906954234002010-04-04T04:02:14.883-06:002010-04-04T04:02:14.883-06:00All things in moderation. Progress can be both a b...All things in moderation. Progress can be both a blessing and a curse, depending on how it's pursued. I don't know if you remember Barry Goldwater's famous saying, "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice." Extremism is the enemy of liberty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280576398615172460.post-59533964223013408022010-04-03T15:10:03.655-06:002010-04-03T15:10:03.655-06:00Yes, and the new twist on the Protestant ethic is ...Yes, and the new twist on the Protestant ethic is the New Age trend towards spiritual materialism, ala "The Secret" and the whole Law of Attraction movement. Funny how we love to find religious and pseudo-religious justifications for our greed and excess.Melanie Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034189354730902887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280576398615172460.post-58313361310867799412010-04-03T14:18:59.001-06:002010-04-03T14:18:59.001-06:00How ironic that the Protestant Ethic valued materi...How ironic that the Protestant Ethic valued material gain so highly. Our modern society has so distorted real values that we find ourselves hopelessly victimzed by our own excess.<br /><br />I once read a book by a Conservative political writer entitled, "Back to Basics" and it struck me how it would make a good motto for a trend toward simplification of life and a return to sanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280576398615172460.post-21128264553019325252010-03-20T14:21:49.451-06:002010-03-20T14:21:49.451-06:00Oh, the irony. I can't figure out what is mak...Oh, the irony. I can't figure out what is making the line spacing on this post so tight. Nothing is showing up in the html. It's very strange--must be another Blogger glitch. Anyway, I apologize, but I guess it's kind of fitting. It looks cluttered and crowded just like my living room. :(Melanie Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034189354730902887noreply@blogger.com