let things be simple, let things be complex. Complexity as a threat - diversity and variety as a threat - causes colonialism, fascism, authoritarianism
But also, over bureaucracy, lots of problems caused by set pathways
Category error: dysphoria as a sum of its parts - does this relate to autism as well - meeting the threshold
On simplification limiting diversity and variety, self stunting, patient care etc philosophy tube - Institutions have a drive to eliminate outliers and funnel into set pathways - limiting variety goes against what the patients need (and generally humans)
On complexity and being limited by it, willie muse on self and complexity and water and diet coke
Simplification as a ‘natural law’ - where is this and isn’t this applicable