Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
EDWARD DE BONOA good design is not a democratic consensus.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn’t about charity, it’s about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.
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You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people’s hearts, and that’s hard enough.
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The vertical thinker says: ‘I know what I am looking for.’ The lateral thinker says: ‘I am looking but I won’t know what I am looking for until I have found it.’
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This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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