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Wonder if ego has anything to do with it as well? Perhaps for some people, they feel 'complexity' makes them look better, even if the simple solution would bett
by CM30 9y ago
Wonder if ego has anything to do with it as well? Perhaps for some people, they feel 'complexity' makes them look better, even if the simple solution would better in every rational way. Then again, it could just be boredom. The more complex solution also usually has a bunch of 'novel' issues to solve, and solving those can be a lot more enjoyable for certain individuals than doing things the reasonable way.
- tinymollusk 9y agoYeah, this creates some sort of "moat of knowledge" that increases status if you make something easy look difficult. Also could make someone appear to be less replaceable ("we would have to think about something that looks hard to replace person XYZ!"). There's also the danger of overfitting when building the mental model or process.