I think we get too hung up on Things and Stuff and our desire to desperately cling to whatever Thing is Ours, even if it's Not-A-Thing. What if we can look at all the things, and consider each of them as individual concepts as well as within the larger context of the world?
"Death to the quadrants!" came from the Not Another Dog and Pony Show podcast with Lauren Fraser and Matthias Lenz. I can’t remember which episode it is, and it doesn’t seem to be in the show notes, so you’ll have to listen to all of them to find out. ;) You won't be disappointed!
And the learning theory quadrants, just in case...