Paul Graham complains that too many people spend too much time, money and effort accumulating too much “stuff” that is ultimately, not very useful. This stuff is not just worthless, it’s worse.
In fact, worse than worthless, because once you’ve accumulated a certain amount of stuff, it starts to own you rather than the other way around. I know of one couple who couldn’t retire to the town they preferred because they couldn’t afford a place there big enough for all their stuff. Their house isn’t theirs; it’s their stuff’s.
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