The Counterculture of Simplicity

Several years ago, early in the era of reality television, the Fox television network introduced a show called “The Simple Life.” It featured wealthy heiresses Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie traveling around the country and engaging in, well, the simple life. Paris and Nicole participated in a variety of tasks from farming to fast food work. There was an underlying premise that these jobs w...

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