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		tonyedgecombe on Jan 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Marie Kondo's Advice Praised by Scientists: “Clutt... William Morris said: "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." That seems a reasonable guide to me.

perilunar on Jan 10, 2019 [–]

Always loved that quote, and he's seems like such an interesting man.

All this discussion of Joy versus Utility is silly: it's either/or, and if you can, both.

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