Simplicity is attractive, but not always realistic

Simplicity is attractive, but not always realistic

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I enjoy reader responses. Praise is gratifying, but criticism is often more valuable, as a doorway to discussion and insight. Case in point, David R. Lecklider’s Dec. 10 letter: “There are ultimately two ways to value goods and services, either the price system or the dictates of a central authority.” Plain and simple.

But reality seldom conforms to simple ideologies. Einstein advised that ideas be expressed in the simplest possible terms — “but no simpler!” Simplifying complex ideas helps us understand them; but oversimplifying leads to error, by ignoring essential information. The notion that matters must distill to either […]

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