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Requiem's Minimalism is a Cult details how minimalism has been perverted into self-shaming asceticism and lacking agency in excess. Demonization as such, in this case of belongings, only strengthens supposed demons. Instead, think inward about how you can inform tool use which shapes your best life.
Even though it's often cherry-picked and non-existent, you can learn from the nostalgia that Tadaima mentions in Being nostalgic for the past isn't the answer. Study your history beneath the surface as well, such that you can enrich your reality that much more holistically. The bad and the ugly can teach as well as, if not better than, the good.
The world today enjoys multidimensional abundance beyond the wildest dreams of the past. Instead of fearmongering and self-imposed poverty, let's collaborate to fix our current problems by whatever tools and technology we can create.
Instead of just fantasizing our utopia, how can you accelerate as fast as possible toward the prior asymptote? Less destination, more journey.
Ruben's The simplicity of the past seems the solution for the future talks about how visibility affords connection. How will you become visible? I say tend to those who reciprocate with you first. Invite whom makes, sells, and behaves in ways you find worth replicating or showcasing into your inner circles. Work with them to develop tight-knit bonds, prolific partnerships, and overall scene genius. Reveal varying outcomes which inform quality through quantity, then repeat the feedback loop ad infinitum.
Minimalist web disdain for critical mass platforms makes me wonder how exceptions maximize connections through them with minimal pain. Managing as many distinct places as you can withstand could be a fun experiment. Exploit the advantages of communication unfettered by borders, proximity, or distance. Mix up your scope to handle guests preferring bespoke hostels, virtual hotel chains, or anything in between. Cast out compelling, niche hooks to allow guests their best angle of connection with you.
Few people create. How can you join then co-create with the fewer that mutually align best with you?
Minimalism as cult, modern, or any other label signals how valuable other stances can be within the same dimension. Practice and comfort across an entire landscape could make any pendulum swing favorable if not exploitable. Could survival be less about withstanding notable landmarks or extremes, and more about graceful navigation itself?
- Complexity instead of just minimalism or maximalism.
- Time instead of just past, present, or future.
- Quality instead of just good, bad, or ugly.
- Value instead of just frugality or costliness.
Few people last long enough to become survivors. How can you gain then execute the experience to float in any condition?
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