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This is a pretty poorly written article — even for Saturday night Hacker News. “Simplicity hides complexity, and Marie Kondo sucks, and 2010s minimalist bloggi
by zachwill 5y ago
This is a pretty poorly written article — even for Saturday night Hacker News.
“Simplicity hides complexity, and Marie Kondo sucks, and 2010s minimalist blogging sucked, and Apple sucks for removing the headphone jack, and the internet cables in the sea are messy.”
C’mon. This is just poorly written and a bunch of scattershot ideas.
It’s always a tug-of-war between owning too much and not enough — and I’m a big proponent of purges every 18 months. The half-life for most of the stuff we own is much less than a decade. Did Marie Kondo market her book? Yeah. Does she have some good ideas? Yeah. Should you be a minimalist zealot? No.
- ggm 5y agoIts a precis of a book. It might be, the precis sucks and the book is good? It's on kindle. A bit pricey but I might try it.
- putnambr 5y agoYour local library no doubt has a copy. It's an enjoyable book.
- number6 5y agoIt's on Spotify if you like audiobooks
- Jansen312 5y agoWatch her TV series. It is better at illustrating how her principle works in real life. A lot of Americans have hoarding problem. This is relatively an American phenomenon where they own big abode and higher purchasing power than the rest. It is quite good assuming you have and realize hoarding problem. Otherwise, as the saying goes, she can only explain it to you but can't understand for you.
- birtoise 5y ago