You appreciate "calm, clean nature" from the perspective of a technological civilization with most of the basic needs met. On its own it can just be a lot of bo

You appreciate "calm, clean nature" from the perspective of a technological civilization with most of the basic needs met. On its own it can just be a lot of boring nothingness with or without back-breaking labor. Perhaps "optimizing for time/money" is as much who we really are as slow living and you're just ignoring the other half.