Ran Prieur
Ran Prieur | |
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| Born | Pullman, Washington[1] |
| Occupation | Author, blogger |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Ecology, Simple living |
| Literary movement | Environmental movement, Degrowth |
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| Website | |
| ranprieur.com | |
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Ran Prieur is an American blogger and permaculture advocate.[2] Prieur is best known for his 2004 blog post, "How to Drop Out", where he detailed living on under $2000 a year and having no permanent residence.[3][4] Prieur claimed to have homesteaded, squatted in a shed, and lived off dumpster food.[5] Prieur has stated that he believed civilization was on the verge of collapse,[6] and that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated its inevitability.[7]
In 2007, Prieur was featured in Timothy S. Bennett's documentary, What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire, where he discussed the American lifestyle in the face of climate change and population overshoot, alongside author Daniel Quinn and Richard Heinberg. In 2012, Prieur appeared as a guest on permaculturalist Paul Wheaton's podcast, Permies.[8]
Prieur has been described as a "radical ecological thinker" by Ugo Mattei, who cited his 2001 essay, "Civilization Will Eat Itself", as an illustrative argument on the potential for technology to create evil.[9] In the essay, Prieur argues that technology narrows human interests into exploitation of the environment.[9][10] Mattei compared Prieur's views to ecophilosopher Derrick Jensen's argument that civilization was environmentally unsustainable.[9]
In recent years, Prieur has changed his views on rural homesteading, stating that "everyone that's tried it was unhappy and did too much driving."[7] Prieur added addendums to "How to Drop Out" in 2008 and 2014, where he disavowed 'dropping out', although he still advocated for minimizing dependence on society.[3]
See also
- Mike Oehler, American environmentalist and author.
- Paul Wheaton, American permaculture author.
- Neo-Luddism, A loosely collected set of critiques of different modern technologies.
- Walden, Book by Henry David Thoreau on living in simplicity and nature.
References
- ↑ Prieur, Ran. "100 things about me". Ran Prieur.
- ↑ Solomon, Avi (2011-05-27). "Interview: Ran Prieur". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "How to Drop Out". ranprieur.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ Dhar, Rohin (Feb 20, 2013). "The Essential Ran Prieur". Priceonomics. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ Alliger, George M. (2021-10-08). Anti-Work. New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003164319. ISBN 978-1-003-16431-9. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "Program Information - Under the Radar: Ran Prieur - Civilisation was a mistake|A-Infos Radio Project". www.radio4all.net. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Ran Prieur - about me". ranprieur.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ "088 – Ran Prieur – Homesteading and Permaculture by Paul Wheaton". Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Mattei, Ugo (2012). "The Evil Technology Hypothesis: A Deep Ecological Reading of International Law". Cardozo Law Review de Novo. 2012: 264–276 – via UC Hastings Scholarship Repository.
- ↑ "Civilization Will Eat Itself". The Anarchist Library. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
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