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a very powerful thing I recommend practicing is distinguishing between simple and easy a lot of simple things are difficult to do it can be easier to make things complicated and convoluted than to keep things simple simple exposes error, which can be scary and painful
when one uses phrases like “it’s not simple” when they actually mean “it’s not easy”, there’s a good chance they contribute to their own confusion about their affairs, which sometimes (often, IME) perpetuates homeostasis in suboptimal states for short-term psychological safety
I’m complicating it 😂 basically people allow confusion to function as a sort of psychological fog of war to prevent them from seeing their own situation clearly complex problems can actually have simple (but difficult, painful, scary) solutions
I’m not pulling this stuff out of my ass; I have helped dozens of people over the years with their confusion, using a skillset of genuine curiosity that I inherited partially from my ex-boss. Actually this is the subject matter of the ebook that I’m still procrastinating on...
and the reason for that is simple, it almost always boils down to fear. I’m scared I’ll get it wrong, I’m scared I don’t do it justice. If I didn’t want to face up to this fact, I would complicate it, and those complications would delay me even further
@visakanv What's interesting is the etymology behind "complex" comes from "complect", meaning to braid Simple/complex is a measure of how much is interleaved Easy/hard is a measure of how much effort something is to do These have different payoffs down the line https://t.co/LFtLiBrphY https://t.co/KmlguLfWEb
@visakanv On the same point, but about software instead of emotions: Simple Made Easy, Rich Hickey 2012 https://t.co/jK1y7WJRJl