Although I did not see it until 1972, together with my communards I was inspired by the prospect of building a new world that was simple and functional, do it yourself and not destructive. I was a maker and this catalog was full of cool, simple ideas and gadgets. At the deepest level we were dropping out of a system that seemed founded on abuse of spirituality of nature of people and that disregarded issues of social justice and wallowed in a crass plastic culture of consumption, war, violence and domination.
The book itself was in fact just a catalog of stuff and commentary. It was not deep nor academic but rather was a signpost at a time of historic cultural shift that went mainstream with the counterculture and has left an indelible mark on consciousness in the West.
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