Nature

The chapter on commodity is one that speaks the most to me, though the whole piece does to some degree because most of the time I want nothing more than a cabin in the mountains with no aid but maybe running water and a fireplace for warmth. It seems weird, and hard to explain, but I have a rather strong dislike for technology. The last line of the chapter, "A man is fed, not that he may be fed, but that he may work" realizes that people aren't the reason for everything. Though nature works to nourish man, it's a cycle... man must work, in turn, to nourish nature. Instead of taking what nature gives "him" (speaking for all humans) and creating things that will ruin nature but maybe make his life a little easier, he is taking this nourishment and using it for a selfish reason. Instead, using this nourishment to help others, in the natural world and the human (which really is part of the natural world though we don't like to admit it) one, is what people should strive for. There has been a movement in recent years to be more earth-friendly, because man has screwed up the earth almost beyond repair and is just now realizing it. Many people are afraid to be environmentalists or supportive of environmental programs because they are afraid that negative connotations will come with it, but in reality there is very little that is more positive and beneficial to all of man kind than taking care of the planet we live on.