Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.
Jeff Mackey
on 21 Apr 11Love it. Can be applied to application development, but more importantly….. government spending.
Michael S
on 21 Apr 11Jeff, I was thinking the same thing. Throughout all the spending cut hubbub I kept thinking, “what if instead of just cutting out programs, they simplified structures across the board?”
Brad Wetli
on 21 Apr 11Yes! Government spending. Doubt you will find “genius” and “government” in the same sentence, but both sides need courage to move in the opposite direction.
melvin
on 21 Apr 11Just simplify structures across the board – simple in theory, difficult in execution. You are the “they” in government, so what are you doing about it?
Bryan Sebastian
on 21 Apr 11Great quote by the same fella who said “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
CRC
on 21 Apr 11That’s one of my favorite quotes. Here’s another:
“Increasingly, people seem to misinterpret complexity as sophistication, which is baffling. The incomprehensible should cause suspicion rather than admiration.” – Niklaus Wirth
Marilyn Cole
on 22 Apr 11Hm, I’ve seen this quote attributed to E. F. Schumacher, but Google does seem to agree with you guys that it’s Einstein.
Thibaut Assus
on 23 Apr 11Less is more
Erwin
on 24 Apr 11Did he say this before or after he took part in inventing the biggest bom man had ever seen?
Big Boned Bob
on 25 Apr 11Sound’s like a parallel universe where single payer healthcare and free college education exists, but the Federal Reserve and Military Industrial Complex do not. Yes, Please.
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