#mental-model
# [[Epistemic status]]
#godel-uncertain
# Less is more
Substract rather than add.
Less rather than more.
In [[Conversation]] I have a thought of a subject to talk about, then I question myself, is it worth my time and other persons time to discuss this ? [[Business/Entrepreneurship/Do not vomit what you did not digest well enough]]
>Simplicity is hacking away the unessential. — It is not daily increase but daily decrease — hack away the unessential! The closer to the source, the less wastage there is.
>~ [[Bruce Lee]]
[[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge|Knowledge]] is subtractive
>To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. ~ [[Lao Tze]]
>Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing, acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control: this is the supreme virtue
>~ [[Lao Tze]]
>Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
>~ [[Steve Jobs]]
>But, as I said, it is easier to bear and simpler not to acquire than to lose, so you will notice that those people are more cheerful whom Fortune has never favoured than those whom she has deserted.
>~ [[Seneca]]