De-clutterization

With Kindle, one can download library e-books and save a trip to the library.

(no more browsing video titles like Yoga for beginners, Yogurt for vegetarians….).

Just search, type in your ID and click “borrow”.

I first noticed that huge book, entitled KNOWLEDGE, with a fine print which says, “Printed in China“.

Now, even those outsourcing jobs are eliminated as we get closer to full digitazation. Spell checking, meaning look-up, translation, archive and links, all on one screen.

Our offices at home and at work should be adapted accordingly (except for Zappos‘ which positioned its desks in the way to encourage staff interaction and reinforce its people-oriented culture).

Just look at the NYSE Euronex’s traders on their feet all day, with wireless headsets and eyes glued to terminals. They still use bookie’s notes, but not for long.

In ten years, we will hook up headsets into our ears and maybe water into our mouth (to skip the bottles which take 60 years to decompose).

Living longer, with less stuff and more data. Welcome to our 21st century, when less is more. Welcome to the age of de-clutterization (not anti-materialistic, just less stuff). You might want to put the 3-D glasses in a special case, next to the remote control, to go along with our new minimalist green-and-sustainable life style. One thing we can’t get rid of is the mattress (personal library can go). The evolution of man has been to go from sleeping bags at a garage start-up, to foam mattresses for baby boomers.

Mattress comfort is ranked up there, right along with our library book download in large-font.