I think the author here is either being willfully obstinate, or they just don't get it. Paying expensive rents is patently a service, rather than something you

I think the author here is either being willfully obstinate, or they just don't get it. Paying expensive rents is patently a service, rather than something you own. And a lot of these experiences don't have to be expensive. Traveling is something that can be done on the cheap, and I would guess that many folks who celebrate privileging experiences over things aren't any more likely to want their experiences to be examples of "conspicuous consumption," thought of course enough do and Instagram is rife with that sort of shallow consumption. But that's not at all what the ethos is about. When the author shifts their definition of things to be "tools" or "investments" (notably in scarce resources), the comparison becomes even less honest. If those are the sorts of things the minimalists are telling us to forego, then at least acknowledge that a popular "experience" folks are investing in is taking classes, in other words, skills.