I absolutely sympathize and understand your third paragraph. It was the bane of my short farmers' market sales existence. I didn't have a reliable or varied enough harvest (I never said I was a good farmer) to take to the big cities, and the local customers were just as you describe: glad to be off the farm and buy Walmart groceries. They weren't going to pay 'elite' prices for local or organics (so I switched to making hay and being a mechanic). I still harp on the place-based existence, though, because there's not really a reason we can't do it with robots and generosity and leisure time except that the rich control the direction and flow of our creativity. Basic needs can be met with a small percentage of the present economy (<1% are farming), so what is everything else doing? (cars, phones, advertising, crime(I repeat myself), drugs, insurance (not good health)..)

No I haven't read that one. I'll get a copy and see if it annoys me enough ;) I haven't been able to tolerate much of business philosophy since working for an inventor. I'll email when I get it.