Music is just a fad. It will be over soon.

Your taste in music is an identity you cling to to convince yourself that you have superior taste to others and that you haven't been wasting all this time collecting, rating, and cataloging music. But that's none of my business.

Essentialism in music collection means that in only collecting music that is 8/10 or better, you can shuffle your library and only ever hear great music.