2-1a0c1d2 Less is often more

“Less is often more” – Christoph Martin Wieland

Related:

• 2-1b2e0 The less guessing layers the better
• 11-3.4a More is different
  • When the thing becomes qualitatively different, some parts which were necessary due to quantitative reasons will become obsolete and will become dispensable.revisit
• RUL3 - When automating, make sure the initial constraints and requirements are not stupid-dumb-bullshit.
• But not too less
  • 2-1a0a ‘Occam’s razor’ & ‘Irreducibility’ - Simplify the problem but don’t oversimplify.
• Think for yourself
  • 3-1a3 Multidisciplinary thinking is the most realistic thinking
  • 3-1a3.1 Get the basics well. Relate to the basics. Do the basics well.
  • 3-1c1d3 Social media makes news sentiment negative
  • 3-1c1d4 We are bombarded with ‘unlikely’ events on our social media feed
  • 3-1c1d6 Media grabs what’s easily grabbable (e.g., short-term over long-term development)
• Dopamine hijack is when problematic pleasure numb the dopamine circuits—abstention is the keyrevisit
  • I feel like AI makes you more impatient with humans. You wouldn’t be able to wait, except for what you love.revisit
    • <> On being nice and Fun Criterion
      • 5-1b4c2 No wonder why someone who is having fun is genuinely great at what they do. Because you have to have fun to achieve great things.
  • Summon unconscious by intentional rest
    • 1-1a1b The mind includes inexplicit as well as unconscious
    • 4-1a4b6b When ideas are exposed to various contexts (i.e., different people-place-time) they often find unexpected match. Ideas have timing.