The Last Veridian Note

On sabbatical this year at Google, I keep noticing how little of my old office space I've taken with me, and how little I miss it.  As Bruce Sterling points out:  "objects can no longer protect you from want, from humiliation – in fact they are causes of humiliation, as anyone with a McMansion crammed with Chinese-made goods and an unsellable SUV has now learned at great cost."  Almost makes me feel like cleaning up at home...