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weirdwallace75 @lemmy.world
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  • So basically, the more people who believe in the value of some thing, the more that thing holds actual value?

    Yes. That's how value works.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_value

    The paradox of value (also known as the diamond–water paradox) is the contradiction that, although water is on the whole more useful, in terms of survival, than diamonds, diamonds command a higher price in the market.

  • Minimalism isn't about purchasing minimalist products.
  • A coaster does not necessarily violate minimalism, but true minimalism would not need a coaster because surfaces would not be harmed by a drink with condensation.

    Your variety of minimalism means people don't buy nice things, which is bad because nice things last longer. Plastic chemically decays, sometimes in harmful ways, whereas wood is a long-term investment if you maintain it properly.

  • YSK About Debate And Meta-Debate

    slatestarcodex.com Varieties Of Argumentative Experience

    In 2008, Paul Graham wrote How To Disagree Better, ranking arguments on a scale from name-calling to explicitly refuting the other person’s central point. And that’s why, ever since 200…

    Varieties Of Argumentative Experience

    A good post about the kinds of arguments people use online, including tactics which are about the argument itself or some of the people involved in the argument, as opposed to being about the argument's supposed topic.

    You should know this to, one, avoid pointless "debates" where no actual issues get debated, two, to improve your own debate style to focus on the issues that need to be debated most, and, three, to see when others are merely acting like they're debating without actually debating the core issues the debate is supposed to be about.

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