Carry Your Own Water: Understanding the True Cost of Every Resource in Modern Life By: Javid Amin | 19 January 2026 When Effort Disappears, Value Follows Modern life is defined by convenience. Water flows at the turn of a tap. Money moves with a swipe of a finger. Food arrives at our doors with minimal effort. Electricity hums silently through wires, and time seems endlessly consumed by notifications, meetings, and entertainment. In this landscape of abundance, something subtle but profound has occurred: the disappearance of effort has diminished our sense…
Read MoreCarry Your Own Water: The True Cost of Every Resource in a World of Easy Abundance
