Someone forwarded me an e-mail today suggesting that when I call a help desk, if I get a non-US based person helping me, I should politely ask for an American. But there is a catch. Do we like our inexpensive gadgets? Do we really want to pay more? It is even possible that once this foreign help desk person raises their standard of living that they will buy some of the more advanced gadgets that are produced here.
But there is one thing that I think we should pay more for and as much as possible, consume from local sources, Food! So I brought up Barbara Kingsolver earlier. While we may not all want to actually produce our own food, which is a lot of work, I do see value in her experiment as a writer. It was to answer the question "Can I eat only locally grown foods for a year?" It would be interesting to see a return to the real family farm, the kind that grows vegetables and produces animals and therefore is sustainable. We should be willing to pay more for food, not computers. And if we were, and the number of local farmers increased exponentially, we could provide jobs as well as become more healthy.
Is this advancement or is it going back to the past? This is one I struggle with?
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