I reckon that depends. Coporate culture encourages adding. Half your job is justifying keeping your job. It takes a lot of swagger/social capital/clout to subt

I reckon that depends. Coporate culture encourages adding. Half your job is justifying keeping your job. It takes a lot of swagger/social capital/clout to subtract and be loved for it. Or you need to work somewhere (a company or protected team) with a first principles thinking culture (and not a cargo cult one) which is very rare. In personal life I think people do often subtract. They give up X where X is harmful. They simplify. Not everyone but many. It feels like a natural part of life.