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“15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”

— Noah Smith

Minimalism is not a style, it is an attitude, a way of being. It’s a fundamental reaction against noise, visual noise, disorder, vulgarity. Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance.

– Claudio Silvestrin

"Become so absolutely free that your existence is an act of rebellion." - Camus

Simon Beckerman, founder of online marketplace Depop, draws a similar conclusion about himself. “I'm quite a disobedient person in my own right," he says. "I think I am unemployable."

Duncan Bannatyne, famous as one of the original big stars of the Dragons Den TV series, certainly never fitted into the navy, from which he was court-martialed and dishonourably discharged after getting into a fight with an officer. “I just thought it was right thing to do - he was poking me and shouting at me,” recalls Mr Bannatyne.

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I started building my businesses in pursuit of freedom.

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