This is an article about bloat, in the broadest possible sense. Psychological bloat.

Attention is the scarcest resource, and complexity eats away at attention.

There's lot of other threats to attention, the relevant one here is cognitive load. Your mind keeps track of things even if they're not in conscious awareness. Every item has a "handle" on you.

If you take inventory, you may find many are not worth the cost! Worth doing, every now and then.