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Or, X% to the donor, Y% to a charity, Z% to cover expenses

Thank you! Again, very helpful. Clearly, the message/concept will need to be carefully crafted to encourage good behavior. One solution that occurred to me: sharing X% of proceeds …

Beautiful simple life :)

A man can dream :)

Have to check this out - thank you!

one-in-one-out is a good one; we already implemented this in our household. still a lot of unimportant stuff hanging around getting moved from one apartment to the next... ;)

Interesting twist to the idea!

"Gift Truces" is my new expression of the year. Love it.

This is a really good point! But even if you treat the cause, these symptoms won't disappear...

This is really helpful perspective, thank you! (the author)

Well, something good came out of this silly idea: I had no idea Amazon does this!! Thanks!

Haha, no one said it would be risk-free :))

That's a misunderstanding: I am not saying there's nothing wrong with what is happening (and my personal beliefs are very much to the contrary). My point is rather than much of the…

If you read the Carr article, you might see that these associations are much less tenuous than you suggest.

Thanks for this addendum. Yes, the premise was built on some generalization. Not "everyone" was courted by Wall Street 10 years ago, just as not "everyone" is trying to get into te…

Yep. This wasn't exactly an essay, just some thoughts around a "trend" I picked up on (ie the backlash). I could write a whole separate article about the NSA but I let Carr's artic…

Thanks, fixed it

Absolutely agreed! Some of the language being thrown around many companies can be nauseating. I didn't write about this possibility in the article, but there's also a universe of a…