Yeah ASC seemed to be over the top for sure. You perma hippies arent too much better :P but at least you are rooted in life itself and not airy fairy new age bullshit. New Age is great but as the tao says "Dwell in the fruit, not the flower" If we don't regain our bond with nature we are going to loose big and thats just a given. I really dislike my lack of knowledge around how to actually provide for myself and I would really like to change that.

Let the hippies do their thing and just rock what you know and love. Not every brand will fit every person but I think its important to answer your call and know that your path is medicine for someone else too. Not to mention sometimes you gotta torch some shit to wake some folks up. We gotta take the power back!