K.i.s.s. keep it simple stupid10/26/2022 ![]() ![]() That make away with green lungs around cities).īut how simple can we go before oversimplification results in incomplete, or biased data?īefore absence of consideration of relevant factors inherently lead to regrettable substitutions?Īnd before we willingly accept that there will be collateral damages to a decision, without knowing (or wanting to know) of what nature and in what order of magnitude these may be? A (not always agricultural subsidies, or the public strategy for urbanisation Of real costing for resources such as freshwater) or at local level Untangling economic operating principles from inbuilt unequal policies and principles.īuilt-in incentives that trigger undesired and destructive behaviour. It is no doubt desirable also in the context of distributing natural resources fairly. Simplification would help to understand better what we have.Īnd to compare to what we intended to have or should be having. and then resort to (expensively) rebuilding the whole thing from scratch in the hope that the lessons of the past were learned.compare it with the original intent, or specification, and/or the specification as it ‘should be’.– what the existing system really does, does well, does not, and does badly/incorrectly.Last resort – reluctantly, but nonetheless practised – is a Photo by John Barkiple on Unsplash EngineeringĪpproach to outdated and overly complex systems: Analyse, specific – Such as natural resources.Ĭomplexity allows to hide the ugly reality that there are some amongst us that are treated and presumed to be more equal than others. Things that marginalise, abuse, favour (s)elected individuals and groups.Īnd things that are considered ‘free’ but in reality are not. Things that benefit a few, but not society at large. ![]() Of its functionality is a monumental testament to that – that weĬan hide a lot of ugly things in the weeds of complexity. The challenge of complexity is that complex interlocked mechanisms – such as nature, such as societal mores, such as unwrapping a failed economic system to savage the few genuinely good bits about it – have become complex for a reason: they need to full-fill thousandandone purposes, options and outcomes.Ĭomplexity on the other hand is – and our worldly society and most It originated in engineering and its view point is that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated therefore, simplicity should be a key goal in design, and unnecessary complexity should be avoided.Ĭomplex engineering systems are difficult to build, typically error prone, and even more difficult to fix and/or maintain.īut what about complex systems such as nature?Īnd the interlocking equally complex societal and economic systems humanity has built to use and abuse natural and societal systems? The KISS Principle is a design principle that stems from the 1960. ![]()
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