Why “Minimalism” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
I appreciate everyone has a different definition of "minimalism" and that I'm a bit of an outlier. But my version of minimalism includes a) using a dumb phone, b) doing most of…
by OhMeadhbh · Oct 31, 2026
The other side of this coin is that not everything about the past was better. I’m struggling to see how having anxiety about losing your children is better. I’m struggling to un…
by Grombobulous · Oct 31, 2026
Agree with the overall sentiment of commenters: Digital minimalism is less time on devices/platforms. This article is more about digital curation, which has value in it's o…
by tkdb · Oct 31, 2026
All these words and no mention of the book where the term comes from, also eponymous, by Cal Newport. His book is about actual digital minimalism versus whatever Vitalik is refe…
by satvikpendem · Oct 31, 2026
> beside social media minimalism I am also a big fan of compute minimalism. I don't use VScode with 100+ plugins or a zsh maxed up with so much bells and whistles That’s what I…
by skydhash · Oct 31, 2026
I hope Digital Minimalism doesn't mean depending on an AI product subscription, his written code(which is not minimal) or having a black hole of npm dependencies for running a w…
by hollowturtle · Oct 31, 2026
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Minimalism is an art movement that emphasizes reducing art to its essentials, focusing on the object itself and the viewer's experience, with as little mediation from the artist as possible. It emerged in the post-World War II era in Western art, and is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism. Read more on Wikipedia