🧩 Philosophy 16h ago · Drake Morrison

If You've Never Bought a Tool You Didn't Need, You're Not Buying Enough Tools

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Having more tools greatly increases the space of potential plans you can consider. So by default you should be getting more tools. Having too few tools tightly constrains your options, and often impacts the kinds of plans you consider in the first place.Years ago I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, and every piece of gear mattered. I had a lot of things when I first started out that seem very foolish to me now, things I wouldn't consider bringing again. For each piece of gear, I had to carry eve

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