I'm on the fence about the patience issue. Complexity is still fun for me, but my patience for gratuitous complexity has greatly diminished. When it takes thr

I'm on the fence about the patience issue. Complexity is still fun for me, but my patience for gratuitous complexity has greatly diminished. When it takes three clicks to get to a menu item that used to take just one, that's gratuitous complexity to me. Got no patience for it. When it turns out that to design an isothermal substrate holder for diamond CVD, I need to learn some COMSOL tools, that's fun complexity. I worry about cognitive decline. I have a dear friend who is going through Alzheimer's and knows it. Formerly a superbly bright cognitive light, now struggles for minutes to find a word he needs. It's awful. So I do wonder if my (rationalized) impatience with gratuitous complexity is just a way of refusing to realize I'm no longer up to the task of yak shaving. I suppose time will tell, but I might not be able to receive the message. If you want to make a real difference in the world, work on dementia.