Thank you!

Ahhh. It's like a breath of fresh air.

"Dealing with stuff" (From about 32 min into Bruce's[1] talk)

- Pay most attention to your "common everyday objects". Ie. anything that takes up your immediate space (eg. on your body, in the room with you) or your time

- Buy the best possible common everyday objects you can. Most importantly:

-- your bed: you spend a third of your life in it. Consider per-hour cost

-- your chair: stop whining about your wrists and back hurting and buy a really good chair

- Ditch anything you haven't used in the last 12 months. eg: wedding china, tuxedo, everything in your storage locker

- Only buy real things you will really use

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Getting rid of stuff is HARD but doable. Do not start on impulse. Think hard about it and make sure you're morally prepared.

For each item in your life:

1) Is it beautiful?

Test: You have it on display. You share its beauty with the people in your life.

If yes then keep it, otherwise...

2) Is it emotionally important?

Test: It has a narrative. You tell its story to other people.

If yes then keep it, otherwise...

3a) Is it a useful tool, piece of equipment, or appliance?

Test: It efficiently performs some useful function. It actually works. It is the best possible tool. (Do not put up with broken or shoddy stuff)

Note: There's nothing more materialistic than doing the same job 5 times because your tools are inferior.

3b) Are you experimenting on it?

Test: You methodically work on it and you publish your results.

Note: Beware brand-new time-sucking beta-rollout crap.

If yes to either then keep it, otherwise...

4) It's unworthy of taking your space or time. Virtualize it (take its picture; record the barcode; record any anecdotes about it) then get RID of it. If you ever need it again, get another one from eBay.

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[1] http://video.reboot.dk/video/486788/bruce-sterling-reboot-11