Complication accelerates knowledge loss

More to know means less can be known

“Complexity can be tamed, but it requires considerable effort to do it well.”
–Don Norman

This principle comes from Jonathan Blow.

When a system (like software, or a business, or an economy) gets complicated, the increased complication spreads like a cancer. This cancer destroys knowledge in three specific ways.

There’s more to know

More to know means less c…