michaeldean

The complexity that we despise is the complexity that leads to difficulty. It isn't the complexity that raises problems. There is a lot of complexity in the world. The world is complex. That complexity is beautiful. I love trying to understand how things work. But that's because there's something to be learned from mastering that complexity.

Complexity basically means that everything is circuitous and hard to understand. Hard to understand means that the things that lead to the things you want aren't the things you want. They're very complex. So you need to do things like work on vacuum tubes to get to computers because vacuum tubes are in the first computers, even though vacuum tubes ... See more

Beyond the definitions, science, and patterns that emerge, the field of complexity fascinates me because of how it has captured the imagination and interest of some of the world’s smartest people.

simplicity is difficult because there's no room to hide the lack of clear conviction that complexity affords

02. The Comfort of Complexity: Complexity Bias convinces us that if something isn’t complicated, it can’t possibly be valuable. We give undue weight to complexity because complexity feels like the “smarter” choice... even when the simpler solution would be more effective