i'm sure some of it's reflected in his books, if i go back and look. Hoygens presents this diagram here of all the different theories about what saturn was until it was finally figured out. And then topty elevates this particular diagram right here as like the most important, best diagram in the history of science. That just sort of captures this idea of the kind of simplicity of a complex idea if you do it right in the visual presentation.
We pile on “to-dos” but don’t consider “stop-doings.” We create incentives for good behavior, but don’t get rid of obstacles to it. We collect new-and-improved ideas, but don’t prune the outdated ones. Every day, across challenges big and small, we neglect a basic way to make things better: we don’t subtract. Leidy Klotz’s pioneering research shows why. Whether we’re building Lego® models or cities, grilled-cheese sandwiches or strategic plans, our minds tend to add before taking away. Even when we do think of it, subtraction can be harder to pull off because an array of biological, cultural, and economic forces push us towards more. But we have a choice — our blind spot need not go on taking its toll on our cities, our institutions, and our minds. By diagnosing our neglect of subtraction, we can treat it.