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Forty.

Nursie 14y ago
Fair enough, you have a few years on me, and that was not what I was expecting! I don't know anybody beyond their 20s that lives with quite such an extreme ethos about this whole thing. And most of my friends are hackers in one way or another. That said they're also mostly British and not part of startup culture.
- feralmoan 14y ago
  Its interesting you keyed it to startup culture, there's probably a correlation there in having a producer mindset rather then being a consumer. I'm 35 and live to build, all my belongings fit in a suitcase and can skip to new countries or opportunities with a few days notice. Minimal is a fantastic lifestyle if you have the means and skill to exploit it. The idea of owning a house and having to fill it with shit just stresses me out.
  - neverm0re 14y ago
    > The idea of owning a house and having to fill it with shit just stresses me out. Friend of mine was twenty-three when his parents insisted he buy a home in Sunnyvale since 'he could afford to'. We got to the point of describing the place as an 'albatross' repeatedly, since it cost him many interesting opportunities had he not been nailed into place. He's now very happily in Japan and free of the burden of home ownership. I'm in my thirties and I've lived in quite a few places. Yet to live somewhere and say 'Yep, this is it. Nothing else to see, this is the best culture has to offer.' and then stay there. Minimalism simply works best to achieve mobility and it's not like you cannot find partners whom also feel the same way. I find a lot of the hostility and stereotyping over this lifestyle I see here fascinating. Buyers remorse most likely.
  - Nursie 14y ago
    I think it's a lot presumptious to say that people who do keep posessions are not part of producer culture, and that's not what I meant. I meant the startup world as a fashion or a fad which seems to attract people who are into all sorts of funny ideas. I don't associate startups with productivity, certainly not often useful productivity most of the time.

Forty.

Fair enough, you have a few years on me, and that was not what I was expecting! I don't know anybody beyond their 20s that lives with quite such an extreme ethos about this whole thing. And most of my friends are hackers in one way or another. That said they're also mostly British and not part of startup culture.

feralmoan 14y ago
Its interesting you keyed it to startup culture, there's probably a correlation there in having a producer mindset rather then being a consumer. I'm 35 and live to build, all my belongings fit in a suitcase and can skip to new countries or opportunities with a few days notice. Minimal is a fantastic lifestyle if you have the means and skill to exploit it. The idea of owning a house and having to fill it with shit just stresses me out.
- neverm0re 14y ago
  > The idea of owning a house and having to fill it with shit just stresses me out. Friend of mine was twenty-three when his parents insisted he buy a home in Sunnyvale since 'he could afford to'. We got to the point of describing the place as an 'albatross' repeatedly, since it cost him many interesting opportunities had he not been nailed into place. He's now very happily in Japan and free of the burden of home ownership. I'm in my thirties and I've lived in quite a few places. Yet to live somewhere and say 'Yep, this is it. Nothing else to see, this is the best culture has to offer.' and then stay there. Minimalism simply works best to achieve mobility and it's not like you cannot find partners whom also feel the same way. I find a lot of the hostility and stereotyping over this lifestyle I see here fascinating. Buyers remorse most likely.
- Nursie 14y ago
  I think it's a lot presumptious to say that people who do keep posessions are not part of producer culture, and that's not what I meant. I meant the startup world as a fashion or a fad which seems to attract people who are into all sorts of funny ideas. I don't associate startups with productivity, certainly not often useful productivity most of the time.