(I haven’t clicked or read the article as it’s Facebook and I usually don’t open FB links out of principle.) My granny, born circa 1920, deceased in 1995, gre

(I haven’t clicked or read the article as it’s Facebook and I usually don’t open FB links out of principle.) My granny, born circa 1920, deceased in 1995, grew up uneducated in a peasant third world country. My dad was educated and was somewhat socially upwardly mobile as he managed to emancipate himself and the family from abject poverty. My gran knew nothing about the modern world and its bewildering complexities. But I still remember her giving my dad advice: “Son, whenever you’re stuck with a problem, stop adding, always remove first.”