How do minimalists escape the necessary clutter of life?

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah

Actually, I do buy books for reference because much of the data on the Net is opinion and not fact and it takes so long to sift through it find out which is which. At least with books, there is an index that leads directly to what is needed. That someone bothered to publish it leads to its credibility.



Learned that lesson one night, the last night, with a take home final and I thought I could find the answer on the Net. HA! Further, when I was working on a project that referenced a major historical incident, the Israeli Raid an Entebbe, at the time, all I could find were little foot notes here and there on the Net. Now, I have have 3-4 books on the subject.


Our so great Net isn't so great. More later perhaps, got to run.

Google Scholar is often helpful for cutting through the noise.


https://scholar.google.com/

[gunslinger256]

i'm only just learning how to part with the older stuff. new technology improves stuff and sometimes it's worth replacing something even though the old one still works.

I call it life's detritus, stuff I needed at a point where I had a need for it, but as life moved on, those items became useless but due to the money I spent, it's difficult to let go.

[augiedogie]

We live in an RV. Only so much room to store all the stuff.

[tickyul]

The USA is fueled, in large part, by rampant and many times frivolous consumerism.

If too many went minimalist, things would turn gloomy.

[JONOV]

Originally Posted by tickyul

The USA is fueled, in large part, by rampant and many times frivolous consumerism.

If too many went minimalist, things would turn gloomy.

I can't think of anywhere that is "minimalist" on a cultural level.