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 **Houses and shelters** are the easiest issue to solve, given the hot tropical climate. No heating or heat isolation is needed, houses can be very simple, built manually only from wood and stones. It suffices to have a roof protecting against rain and a few walls allowing some intimacy and personal space, although [privacy](privacy.md) is not really a thing here, even sex and defecation is commonly seen in public, it's a natural thing. No door locks are needed of course. The sea, caves and natural pools and waterfalls of sweet water in the jungle allow calming ourselves on very hot days, and they serve to maintain hygiene as well, we need no showers or toilets in most houses.
 
+We do also have **[computers](computer.md) and [electricity](electricity.md)**, mainly thanks to sunny weather and solar panels, however everything's extremely scaled down compared to what a normie is used to, we have to use electricity sparingly and plan a bit -- we intentionally want to minimize use of batteries and being [dependent](dependency.md) on electricity overall, so we rather try to find [lower tech](low_tech.md) ways where possible -- as an example we learned to play desktop [games](game.md) rather than multiplayer computer games. Some are also exploring ways of making computation without electricity, with pen and paper, [mechanical computers](mechanical.md) computers and so on. Where we need an electronic computer we only use ones with very low power consumption, like [raspberry pi](rpi.md), and [good software](lrs.md) so that a small power bank keeps it usable for several days before needing a recharge. Some buy old laptops and phones in Normieland and then try to repair and [hack](hacking.md) them to be of use to us. We absolutely NEVER make use of any consumer type desktops with power hungry [GPUs](gpu.md) and similar stuff. We also don't have constant access to the **[Internet](internet.md)**, at least not yet -- although we might be able to set it up, the consensus is we simply don't need it OR want it anyway, we're even much happier without it. We CAN access the Internet through [data mules](data_mule.md) carried to the Normieland -- it's a high delay, low bandwidth way of Internet access, but completely sufficient for email communication, updating git repositories and downloading sites for offline browsing. Important information from the world can reach us through radio, [AM](am.md) broadcasts have very long range, so we get the news (at least those who decide they want to hear it -- many don't). We don't really need anything more. We share data freely and have many websites and other resources downloaded, on disks or simply printed out on paper so that we don't even need electricity to read them. We have quite large libraries of books, especially [encyclopedias](encyclopedia.md) and books containing useful practical information, but entertainment is important too.
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 In **food** we are unfortunatelly not 100% self sufficient yet, mainly for the reasons of refusing to hunt animals while also not having large areas of farmable land on this relatively small, rocky island -- self sufficiency would be achieved if we resorted to fishing, but as long as this can be avoided we choose not to do it and look for other ways. We partially grow our own food and collect what's naturally present in the nature: some like to experiment with farming and others, usually women and children, make it part of their daily routine to walk the island and collect wild berries, mushrooms, coconuts, even seaweed. Although some strict vegans refuse this, some have also tried to keep animals -- with great care and love of course -- for example bees, but mainly chicken who give eggs -- again, they are never killed for food, they're kept roaming free and cared for with love. We have sweet water and salt on the island. This all is not enough in itself to feed everyone, but it helps significantly -- the rest of food is retrieved from Normieland where our groups depart regularly. There they usually split and go try to retrieve resources -- this is always a bit of adventure as we're still experimenting with what works and what doesn't. Some groups go and try to simply ask for money and food, or simply put: beg. Some ask charities and churches. Some go and try to make [money](money.md), e.g. by selling various things we made at the island, or by helping people, doing various "quick jobs": yes, even prostitution is an option, but some try street [art](art.md), some help the elderly carry their heavy bags, hoping to get a tip (but they'll do it even without a tip!), and so on. Others cash out money they got as voluntary donations through the Internet, for creating [free software](free_software.md) and [free art](free_culture.md). Meanwhile other group are given money, and they go and try to find the cheapest places to buy as much food and other resources as possible -- being regular customers buying larger quantities they are often able to get a good price for raw food right from the suppliers. No luxury or exotic food, no buying at supermarkets, no coffee, coca cola or icecream, no pizza and otherwise prepared food, only raw, nutrient stuff to prepare meals from -- this way we can buy a lot for very little money. We always keep in mind to not be evil, we are NOT trying to trick or rob people, we wear clothes that show who we are, just like e.g. Buddhist monks do; people know us, they know we come regularly and ask for food and many voluntarily help us. Some of them even joined us later on. We are aware that making [money](money.md) is [bullshit](bullshit.md), it's unfortunately necessary to do now and we try to minimize the dependence on it and the damaged done. If we spread our society to the whole world, the need for this kind of bullshit job would be eliminated.
 
 **Death** is not feared among the inhabitants of the island, old die among friends and family, happy and peaceful. Many times during common nights together when we play [chess](chess.md) at the beach, adults tell stories and children run around playing in the waves, an old man falls asleep next to the fire, and in the morning simply doesn't wake up. Those wishing to voluntarily leave life, for whatever reason, are also provided with help, usually by those specialized in medicine and healthcare. The one who wants to die usually chooses [suicide](suicide.md) if he is able to perform it, so as to not put the burden of killing onto another inhabitant of the island, but if that's not possible someone will still help; the assistant gives advice and will oversee the act, just in case something went wrong and someone had to "finish the job", but there are now highly reliable and tested ways for quick and painless suicide -- one of them for example a kind of guillotine that simply quickly removes the head from the body after pulling a lever. Some choose to do this more or less privately, at night and only in the presence of the assistant, but it's also common for other people, even children and families to be present -- this is not a sad or traumatic event, it's a ritual of peacefully departing to the unknown, and people seeing others leave this way see there is nothing to fear, they see what it looks like when someone dies and are no longer afraid of it, it's another service the older provide to the young. Dead bodies are then usually buried at the sea so that the dead can make one last selfless service and feed the animals of the sea. They are never buried in ground or burned, that would be wasteful. Some experiment with [cannibalism](cannibalism.md) so as to provide others with the possibility to sometimes taste meat -- again, some refuse to participate in it, and that is fine, everything is voluntary and consensual.