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…
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