Though our daily lives are now bombarded with technology from running water to processed food, not to mention the myriad of devices and systems that make modern living supposedly more convenient, there is just some kind of appeal to living a simple life without them.
An Irish man wanted to simply do away with all of that and went off the grid three years ago. His name is Mark Boyle and he was interviewed by RTE's Ryan Tubridy to know what it was like.
"I think life is left. We kind of forget sometimes that when we accept one thing, we reject another thing. I think when we bring all of these technologies into our lives, we’re rejecting a lot of life."
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