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Exactly this. Much like the tale of people only using 10% of Microsoft Word, yet everyone uses a different 10%. Strange the article doesn't address this tensio
by paulryanrogers 3y ago
Exactly this. Much like the tale of people only using 10% of Microsoft Word, yet everyone uses a different 10%.
Strange the article doesn't address this tension between all the various stakeholders and tension among their priorities. I want the simplest thing that satisfies my need and want, yet no simpler. If others are using it then it'll already be more complex or one or both of us must compromise.
- AnimalMuppet 3y ago> Strange the article doesn't address this tension between all the various stakeholders and tension among their priorities. I thought it did: > Of course we all claim to hate complexity, but it’s actually just complexity added by other people that we hate — our own bugbears are always exempted, and for things we understand we quickly become unable to even see there is a potential problem for other people.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoFair, I was hoping it'd go deeper because even an individual has tension between different priorities that can require complexity. This whole point kind of invalidates the conclusion that no one wants simplicity despite their claims. They really do want simplicity, despite struggling to understand both the depths of what's needed to satisfy their less visible constraints and the needs and priorities of everyone else using the thing. Subconsciously or consciously folks may have a sense of the tradeoffs, which is why they keep choosing more complex solutions. Not because they're being dishonest or are hopelessly ignorant.