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Rich Hickey's mental models

2 claims Rich Hickey made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Conservation of complexity, Less, but better. Everything they said here.

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Conservation of complexity

Some complexity cannot be removed, only moved; the question is who carries it, the user or the maker.

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Dieter RamsFrank ChimeroLarry TeslerRaph KosterRyan Singer

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Simplifying often leaves you with more things, not fewer: simplicity is about not tangling things together, not about counting them.

  1. Rich Hickey Creator of the Clojure programming language and of Datomic And recognize that when you simplify things, you often end up with more things. Right? Simplicity is not about counting. "Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)youtube.com · c. 2011 · 1:00:36 into the videoAll korrents from this video
    Their wordsAnd recognize that when you simplify things, you often end up with more things. Right? Simplicity is not about counting.

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    ↗"Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)youtube.com

    c. 2011 · video · 1h 01m · spoken · machine transcript

Less, but better

Find the essence and cut the rest; simplicity is hard work, not the absence of effort.

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Edsger W. DijkstraJason YuanJohn MaedaDieter RamsPaul GrahamSteve Jobsand 1 more

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Simple and easy are different things, and treating simplicity as ease of use is a mistake.

  1. Rich Hickey Creator of the Clojure programming language and of Datomic Your sensibilities about simplicity being equal to ease of use are wrong. They're just simply wrong. Right? We saw the definitions of simple and easy. They're completely different things. Right? So, easy is not simple. "Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)youtube.com · c. 2011 · 0:58:55 into the videoAll korrents from this video
    Their wordsYour sensibilities about simplicity being equal to ease of use are wrong. They're just simply wrong. Right? We saw the definitions of simple and easy. They're completely different things. Right? So, easy is not simple.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 0:58:55 plays here

    ↗"Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)youtube.com

    c. 2011 · video · 1h 01m · spoken · machine transcript