Aimee and Jeff Harris are donating all of their possessions to charity and becoming organic homesteaders in Vermont. The Times frames this as part of the larger movement towards simplicity:
“The idea in the movement was ‘everything you own owns you,’ ” said Dr. Grigsby, who sees roots of the philosophy in the lives of the Puritans.
I’m all for simplicity, but it seems this movement is more egotistical than productive, and that the extremes of it are filled with the same crazies you find in other feel-good movements. The more you read the article, the more red flags about the Harris’ you find:
[Aimee Harris] said they had no tolerance for idleness or drugs. “Any state that can be induced by drugs, the mind and body are already capable of,” she said.
Clearly she needs a better dealer.