I think that's an overly critical reading of a kind of flowery blog-post, and putting a lot of emotion behind what I think was more "hey, try this and see if it helps" as opposed to "DO THIS".

I do agree that if it was being offered as a panacea for all modern woes there'd be reason for harsher scrutiny, but as it stands, it's just some blogger opining that having less might help a bit since they believe it's an unfulfilling task for the amount of time and effort.

Also, it's not as if this blogger is the only person to suggest minimalism; there was an article on HN not too long ago about how minimalism is kicking up in Japan - a casual search for minimalism will show that it's an idea with some following that is a style of philosophy more than anything really.

I'm not sure why this prompted such a harsh reaction, since it's just a fluffy article.