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This is so true. And there's an added time tax on the backend to declutter, and sometimes a monetary tax, just to get rid of stuff.
by shostack 5y ago
This is so true. And there's an added time tax on the backend to declutter, and sometimes a monetary tax, just to get rid of stuff.
- baliex 5y agoAlong the same lines as realising that you'll eventually want to get rid of things is realising—at the time of purchase—that there'll be a cost (time, money, emotional) to getting rid of it is a healthier way of thinking. The idea that getting rid of stuff is _just_ getting rid of stuff is missing the "third" cost, discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30042285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30042285