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What matters is how flexible a thing is, how adaptive it is… the range of a thing.

For example, a tiling setup like Sway with a bunch of terminals is, today, a more optimal thing than some stale Windows with a pile of limitations, donkey-level productivity, and crippled multitasking. In a Linux (or any other open source) terminal-based tiling workflow you can hold a lot of tasks at once, switch between them quickly, fully control the machine, and accordingly scale and widen your spectrum of actions.

Or take clothing. All those polished little suits and over polished outfits do not even naturally fit human nature. They fit more the nature of a peacock. Human essence is struggle, movement, and constant improvement of oneself and one’s environment. In that sense, the most broadly usable clothing is smart technical fabrics, muted tones, strength, durability, and a certain basic simplicity. That also belongs to the concept. If the thing is not bullshit, then you are always ready. And even when you are not, it still does not get in your way.

This width of distance, this breadth of application, this capacity of a thing to remain useful across situations — that is the essence of the object.

And that essence is the key indicator of its value for us, as human beings.

All the best things in this world can look sophisticated, yet the core concept is always simple inside. If it is a thing, it should simply work well — honestly and openly, without complexity or greedy tricks. If a thing can survive real, deep testing of its core necessity, then it is a good one. A simple experiment: imagine the hardest times. Would that thing survive and help you, or would it sink faster than you notice? Apple, Windows, Google, any luxury, bullshit corporate jobs, 80% of modern age politicians — all of it would not just fail quickly, but betray you the moment things became real.