System Failure

System Failure

Minimalism

The Modern Scourge of Having Too Much Stuff

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Nathan Knopp
Nov 16, 2021
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America is suffocating beneath a rising floodtide of junk. One quarter of our garages have now been claimed by the growing hoard, leaving no room for any cars. One tenth of American households have overflowed their homes and resorted to renting storage units. We trick ourselves by squirrelling our stuff away out-of-sight and out-of-mind, putting off a r…

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