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>Ultimately, having and keeping stuff just weighs you down. This, so much this! We should own nothing. Then we'll be happy!
by VoodooJuJu 2y ago
>Ultimately, having and keeping stuff just weighs you down.
This, so much this! We should own nothing. Then we'll be happy!
- grugagag 2y agoGenerally it’s more about earthly possessions that we should not have too much of but from that to nothing is a bit of a stretch. I want to own a few personal things but not enough to produce physical or psychological clutter
- ahartmetz 2y agoWhat's the purpose of going to the extreme of having no stuff, anyway? I like to have a collection of tools and parts as well as a collection of books. As a child, I could find books in our collection at home, and when visiting friends with a book collection, I like to browse it and ask about some of the books. I have and use an e-reader, but the reading experience is a little worse and browsing is much worse.
- randomdata 2y ago> I like to have a collection of tools and parts as well as a collection of books. But, with respect to the parent, would it matter if you didn't own them? What if, say, tools, parts, and books belonged to the land? There for you to use, but if you move to another plot of land you wouldn't take them with you, but instead would have another set of tools, parts, and books waiting for you when you arrive. Would something about that make you less happy?
- MonkeyClub 2y agoI think GP was referencing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_happy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ll_own_nothing_and_be_...
- ahartmetz 2y agoNot owning would not make much difference, but selection does. The tools are for the things that I like to do, and for the books, selection is even more important becase there are so many to choose from and so relatively few that are "mine".
- themaninthedark 2y agoI think it would, when you use a thing you attach memories to it. Makes people sentimental.