Figuring out how to sort our belongings might sound trivial at first, but it forms part of our guiding modern religion, one that binds us to lifestyles built around excess while failing to meet our most basic human needs. Not only do modern consumer choices rarely bring us long-term satisfaction, but they’re exhausting. It takes a lot of energy to recognize which signifiers will place you in the dreadful almost-past with the know-nothings who aren’t always moving forward, always casting off and acquiring more, always focused on what comes next.
