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Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? | Jon Jandai | TEDxDoiSuthep

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Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? | Jon Jandai | TEDxDoiSuthep

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Jon is a farmer from northeastern Thailand. He founded the Pun Pun Center for Self-reliance, an organic farm outside Chiang Mai, with his wife Peggy Reents in 2003. Pun Pun doubles as a center for sustainable living and seed production, aiming to bring indigenous and rare seeds back into use. It regularly hosts training on simple techniques to live more sustainably. Outside of Pun Pun, Jon is a leader in bringing the natural building movement to Thailand, appearing as a spokesperson on dozens of publications and TV programs for the past 10 years. He continually strives to find easier ways for people to fulfill their basic needs. For more information visit

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41 COMMENTS

  1. 15 minutes of pure truth. I am trying to live a simple life. However it is unfortunate that our society makes this more difficult than it should be and I think society will never change.

  2. Cũng muốn cuộc sống đơn giản, ko bon chen, cơ mà như vậy thì ko lấy dc vợ, với lại cũng ko lo dc cho những người mình thương, nên thôi cố gắng vậy

  3. People are not actually become complicate because of seeking wealth and having all the things but to be socialized. One of the socialization is to know how to communicate with all kinds of people, you may see it's a sample skills developed in early year of life. However the problem is that people are like to compare with others and comparison trigger our desire to things that we do not have. The more skills you have in communication, the more people you will meet, and the broader world you shall see. Then, you will seek for more, and therefore, life will be more complicate.

  4. For those who want just simple things can live like the way they are( simple living) but from living in a cave to monitoring on other planet for living, is just can't be possible with simple things. We are living in harmony because our ancestors sacrifice theirs simple lives in order us to stay in harmony. If we don't learn, simple living won't help much in the next century. We have to find out our resolution for living that's how we grow, that's how human creatures can survive in future. We are here for future generations!

  5. Sir Jandai, I want to tell you something genuinely, these degrees holder idiots will never reach your wisdom. God bless you; you're great, and this is one of the best VDOs I have ever watched ⌚.

  6. Life can be easy in Thailand where this man live, yes…its cheap and climate is no cold…in others countries like in europe where i live, its impossible and forbidden to build houses so easily, or you would have to stay hidden in deep forest, climate in winter would freeze and kill you, you could have diseases and need money not to die, its not so easy to get food just by eating rice…living like an hippy in a caravan is possible, yes, but you will need money to move…if not living during many years without doing nothing would be boring…and this man has "forgotten" to say that he had a family who own lands and fields…its not the case for everybody…

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