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THE COMPLEXITY OF SIMPLICITY

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Technical education should teach humility about how extraordinary it is for machines to work at all, since complexity spreads like a virus when not properly managed. Well-constructed systems require leadership or principles that know what to say "No" to, while revolutionary software faces resistance because people aren't ready for change. When drowning in complexity, take solace that revolutionary ideas can emerge to create better abstractions and simpler systems.