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That is kind of Moxie’s point. Buy functional stuff. Use it. Don’t become owned by the consumption, selection and use of it.
by bitexploder 4y ago
That is kind of Moxie’s point. Buy functional stuff. Use it. Don’t become owned by the consumption, selection and use of it.
- imgabe 4y agoHe’s not saying functional though, he says the worst version of something, which usually means crappy and unpleasant. Things like that make your life a little worse every time you use them. If it’s something like a fork that you use a lot every day, that’s just adding a lot of low-grade background unpleasantness to your life that is completely unnecessary.
- ryaniscool 4y agoHe is using the hyperbole and contrast to "best" to make his point.
- camtarn 4y ago"The okayest" would have made for a much better article. I get what he means, but it's really not an argument for the worst thing, and I suspect that if pressed, even Moxie wouldn't deliberately e.g. buy a boat with a gaping hole in the bottom! But generally buying an okay version of something, which has no glaring problems and is available right now for a reasonable price, works pretty well.
- joe5150 4y ago“Satisficer” and “maximizer” are more useful concepts I think.
- krater23 4y agoThat explains a lot about the user experience of Signal the first and last time I used it.
- jmmcd 4y agoDon't forget, worse is better
- jka 4y agoPerhaps the comparison between cutlery and motorcycles in the article is a little unfair, because (I imagine?) few people develop experience, knowledge and deep insights into cutlery that lead to a sense of blissful freedom, whereas that can probably happen to someone who gradually learns motorcycle maintenance by overcoming a series of practical real-world challenges.