I'm much more in favor of the original compared to the cynical response. The original focused on owning few items of ultimate quality. When you read about the

I'm much more in favor of the original compared to the cynical response. The original focused on owning few items of ultimate quality. When you read about the examples, they are not status items, they are "best" in their utility and durability. Owning few items of high quality is not snobbery, I consider it common sense. It's more sustainable. It rewards good product design and craftsmanship. I hope we can all agree that expecting a towel to actually dry is not an elitist thought. The only matter worth discussing is whether you should obsess in finding the best in every single category of products that you buy. No, probably not. But you can make the counter point that this means that apparently we don't have reliable reviews. Because if we did, somebody else would have done that for you.