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This implies that complexity is something that is only arrived at by putting in more "work", while a lazy person, that puts in less effort, comes up with a simp
by Karrot_Kream 8y ago
This implies that complexity is something that is only arrived at by putting in more "work", while a lazy person, that puts in less effort, comes up with a simpler solution. I disagree. Simplicity is extremely hard; much much harder than complexity. Simplicity takes many hours of design and redesign, to realize which parts are out of the scope of the problem domain and which parts are not.
- loktarogar 8y agoIn my mind, as a trait, it's about how a person thinks rather than how they necessarily act. A diligent person may be someone where creating more work isn't a blocker to an acceptable solution, whereas a lazy person has reduction of work as a requirement for theirs. So a lazy person might work more at their solution, so long as it helps them avoid more work in the future.
- thrower123 8y agoI try to cultivate what I like to think of as strategic laziness. It is good to achieve something with the minimal amount of work, but it is better to find a way where the thing does not need to be done in the first place.