While I agree with the message about essential complexity, I disagree that all complexity is essential. In fact, I think it let's us off the hook far too easily

While I agree with the message about essential complexity, I disagree that all complexity is essential. In fact, I think it let's us off the hook far too easily to just claim all complexity is essential. It's easy to invent complexity, in fact it's the default. I'd go as far as to say that about 50% of the complexity in software is non-essential. And in terms of what to address, it's a bit like paying off debt - just like you should always pay your credit card first, always start by eliminating the non-essential complexity.