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 And that's probably not a bad thing. And that's probably not a bad thing.
  
-There are some important benefits to the systems that allow for low-context living. The standardization of parts and design, the safety and quality standards, the accessability benefits from their ease of use, the efficiencies of centralized infrastructure, and the emphasis on expert-run operations are all good, admirable things which would likely be prioritized //more// by a solarpunk society than our current one. Regulations are written in blood and most of this complexity came about for good reasons. +There are some important benefits to the systems that allow for low-context living. The standardization of parts and design, the safety and quality standards, the accessibility benefits from their ease of use, the efficiencies of centralized infrastructure, and the emphasis on expert-run operations are all good, admirable things which would likely be prioritized //more// by a solarpunk society than our current one. Regulations are written in blood and most of this complexity came about for good reasons.
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-At the same time, high-context systems operated without a reduction of consumption can actually be worse ecologically. +
  
 It's just also worth recognizing that the places where low context living is the default also tend to consume far more resources per person, possibly (partly) because these systems are easy to use, seemingly without limit, and because they abstract away the complexities of operation and the sourcing of resources.  It's just also worth recognizing that the places where low context living is the default also tend to consume far more resources per person, possibly (partly) because these systems are easy to use, seemingly without limit, and because they abstract away the complexities of operation and the sourcing of resources. 
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 =====Examples of High Context Living===== =====Examples of High Context Living=====
  
-The following sections will attempt to gather good IRL examples of the sort of systems people build when they're living off grid or trying to reduce their consumption.+The following sections will attempt to gather good IRL examples of the sort of systems people build when they're living off grid or trying to reduce their consumption. With any luck, they will provide inspiration and useful details for describing similar systems in fiction. 
  
 Some of the following links are to blog posts, others are excerpts from permaculture or off-grid forums. Some of the following links are to blog posts, others are excerpts from permaculture or off-grid forums.