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 (DIR) Post #9lhwszHW2x74eFwnEu by scribe@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-08-09T10:11:19Z
       
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       Thinking about Amazon and Uber and the huge rise of delivery-as-a-service. Is that the obvious profit area when hyperconsumerism is the norm? What does that say about our own attachment to sourcing, scarcity, and simple/restrictive living?
       
 (DIR) Post #9lhwszWl8HJ3PX4y00 by ShaunBartone@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-08-09T11:13:33Z
       
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       @scribe Delivery as a service is not new. We used to get farm dairy products delivered by milk trucks. Grocery stores delivered groceries as a courtesy. I use Instacart for goods from the supermarket because it reduces the number of trips I have to make in a week. I stopped driving because I have cataracts. Instacart keeps me out of a car so I don’t hurt myself or someone else. Lots of elderly people would really appreciate having their groceries delivered and would gladly pay for it.
       
 (DIR) Post #9li1XenZVRq4oLabQm by scribe@ganesha.masto.host
       2019-08-09T12:05:47Z
       
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       @ShaunBartone @simsa02 Thanks - two very different ways of seeing it, and the two sides of the story, perhaps. I used Amazon to deliver something to a campsite in France last week, which it would have been a pain to get hold of otherwise. Maybe I should have been more organised in the first place though.Perhaps, as with all purchasing, it's more about why we do it, and what we do if we can't get it that's important. The thing itself is just a thing.