Some of the attitudes in the minimalist movement strike me as cargo-cult. What I mean by that is that they seem aimed at optimizing the how-much-stuff-you-own

Some of the attitudes in the minimalist movement strike me as cargo-cult. What I mean by that is that they seem aimed at optimizing the how-much-stuff-you-own metric itself rather than what it's supposed to be a proxy for (lack of mental burden, control over your life). This is tantamount to assuming that complexity is inherently unmanageable, which I disagree with. Venkatesh Rao has a good post on the matter somewhere. Edit: As for the link posted (whether or not it's genuine), I wonder about >I don’t have a bed or a pillow. I sleep in a small sleeping bag. Is this healthy in the long run?