*I don't have to agree with him to find this essay quite interesting.
*In my current Turin apartment situation, I'm easing up on the globalized minimalism and accumulating more possessions than I commonly have around me. But it's not a return to a consumerized way of life; it's rather more like the zen approach of Mr Budnitz's Japanese colleague here.
*Essays like this make me more aware of the implications of what's going on.
