Hiding under complexity, masking the real issue and revealing the essence
A kid in a spaced repetition community is developing an ingenious tool that makes him able to stomach flashcards for 10+ hours in day (he’s alleviating the pain).
Man builds a first version of a software in one sitting. Many functions go without being tested.
A lady is creating a new skincare routine for her. She includes new serum, moisturizer, cleanser and an exfoliator in it.
As a system increases in complexity, it is harder to see at the heart of the system.
We deliberately create simplified models of complex systems to see through the complexity.Design process develops from abstract to complex
In evolution, the descent has been derived from the less specialized (or developed) type of preceding ages
If you have a single pencil in a drawer, it is easy to locate it when you open the drawer next time. Fill the drawer with socks, erasers, tools, papers… As the system increases in complexity, it becomes harder and harder to locate the pen quickly.
A kid who creates coping mechanisms for learning system like Anki, to deal with the pain of flashcard reviews, is tackling the wrong problem. The highly developed school system is masking the real problem of absurdly low valuations in neural networks of the student under all the complexity that’s been born around it; What society needs, how your parents perceive schooling, curriculum, career paths, exams, attitude towards mandatory schooling and all the institutions that’s been born under this paradigm.
Students all over the world ask what’s wrong with them because they procrastinate. They think they are the problem. They think their own valuation networks are not guiding them properly, to the “right career”. If you ask any very successful person about a path in life, they all tell you to do what you love (i.e. follow your own knowledge valuations). Here’s a video of 50 successful entrepreneurs telling you just this:
The more complex the system, the harder it is to distinguish what is the real problem.If you create a software in one sitting, instead of iteratively, and it crashes after you run it, it is very hard to find what is the real problem under all the complexity.
If you create a skincare routine with many new products introduced to your face at once, and it breaks you out, it is very hard to know which of the products caused the break out.
No conclusion in this post my good friend, this is just a concept that’s been developing in my brain. The dynamics between complexity and deceiving problems vs real problems, heart of things and so forth.
Niko