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Haha, so what about the last paragraph? Now you have 5000 objects and you will be told at random later which one you have to find. You will need some big hands.
You tape an alphabetized list with their locations to your hand.
The last time my family moved, we created a database of the exact contents of each moving box, and where that box was stored in the new space (including coordinates for boxes on shelves or in stacks). Each box has a label with a serial number and the rough contents, and is updated whenever we unpack or otherwise change the contents of a box.
This database neatly solves the problem of figuring out how to organize the 4500 objects that you aren't regularly or recently using (e.g. books on a subject not currently relevant), and allows any given object to be found in roughly constant time (provided you remember the right keyword). On the other hand, it discourages achieving the state of “unpacked”.
An overrated state, to be sure.
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Simple, you put all your stuff in a building then tape your hand to the outside of the building! :p