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bmj
on Jan 16, 2012
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Extreme Minimalism: this guy owns just 15 things
I think you're reading this as "I am trying to do away with material things and spend less money." But, really, I think this example is "I live out of my backpack because I have money in the bank and it affords me great flexibility in my lifestyle."
qntm
on Jan 16, 2012
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> I am trying to do away with material things and spend less money.
Point being, these two things are orthogonal to one another.
blahedo
on Jan 16, 2012
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And yet, both can be legitimately called (a form of) "minimalism". Just depends what you're minimising.
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