That's because you took the care to put them in the photo album where they would be protected. If you left it sitting naked on your desk it would fade, accrue c

That's because you took the care to put them in the photo album where they would be protected. If you left it sitting naked on your desk it would fade, accrue coffee stains, etc. Same goes with the filing cabinet. That's what Ronacher is suggesting - save the things that people care about, discard the things that are no longer relevant. I don't think it's a dogmatic position either, I don't think the suggestion is to always do this but to do this far more often than it's done now (almost never). And they are pretty explicit that they think this should be a default which can be overriden, and that you should be able to save things indefinitely if you so choose.