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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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Eric Brende

Eric Brende

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Eric Brende is an author recognized for his immersive experiment of living within an Amish-like community without modern technology, documenting his experience in the book Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology. As a guest on late-night radio, his firsthand account of abandoning technological conveniences and his reflections on what is truly essential for human happiness offered a provocative counterpoint to the relentless march of technological progress.

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August 28, 2004: The Simple Life - Eric Brende

Aug 28, 2004
2h 53m
Art Bell interviews Eric Brende, a Yale and MIT graduate who abandoned modern technology to live for 18 months with a group he calls the Minimites, a strict Anabaptist community that prohibits electricity, motor vehicles, and all automated machinery. Brende, who describes himself as a technological subversive, infil...