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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
The chap who has given up his apartment is sleeping at friends' houses - this isn't much use as a long term trend.
Some things go digital well - music, books, photographs. Other things - clothes, food, shelter - are more tricky to store on a hard drive.
This strikes me as a bit of a "Phil Space" article.
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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
I tend to be wary of things. I can feel crowded by them. I am crowded, of course, my appartment is as full of stuff as anyone's. Apart from the practical advantage of carrying around dozens of digital books with me anywhere, this was a factor in my adoption of e-reading.
Or course, the problem with that is that as a painter, I keep producing more stuff that keeps accumulating in my appartment  And for the moment, this is not stuff that can be digitised without a substantial loss. In a way, it's reassuring there are still such things. On the other hand, I am running out of space to store them.
I don't feel much sympathy with this cult though. Giving up your appartment to live as a parasite in other people's home does not strike me as particularly admirable. And they all seem to keep their designer's clothes, and of course their i-stuff. If the electronic gadgets that keep us connected were less short-lived and trend sensitive, the statement they are making (but are they?) would be more effective.
Not that I am especially better than they are, I have enough iGadgets already, and I'm planning on buying more. And on keeping my appartment  |
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Originally Posted by beachwanderer
Interesting find. But at first reading it just hits my irony-nerves:
--- Ah, a "new" idea for healthy, youngish people who live in a strongly developed environment, can generate some sort of income and don't even dream about raising children. - Fine for them. If they don't ask me to give them shelter every other night. ---
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Much as how I thought it.
"Phil Space"
I don't know that one ....