Marie Kondo's Advice Praised by Scientists: “Clutter Is Not a Good Thing”

Re:Marie Kondo's Advice Praised by Scientists: “Clutter Is N... by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @11:18AM (#18865905)

Having a well-stocked toolbox gives me joy, because I like having the right tool available whenever I need one. There's no need to go through and evaluate every single item in there; the toolbox takes up the same amount of space whether it's full or nearly empty.

I would have said "utility" if I were writing it, but if "joy" reaches a greater number of readers, then it's probably the better choice. And you knew what she meant, anyway.

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Re:Marie Kondo's Advice Praised by Scientists: “Clutter Is N... by allwein on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:56PM (#18868208)

The problem is that there's a little more nuance than just "utility". As an example, take clothing. I don't think that anyone would argue that a single t-shirt didn't have utility. After all, I can wear it. However, I have several t-shirts from conferences or conventions that I don't ever wear. So while they have utility in theory, I'm not utilizing them in practice.

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Re:Marie Kondo's Advice Praised by Scientists: “Clutter Is N... by mc32 on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:34PM (#18868559)

Yeah, I thought of that but I think you could take all those Ts and then the first one and second one would have utility (one while the other is in the wash) then each subsequent one would have less marginal utility, till some cut-off.

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