Why do we assume that simple is good? Because
with physical products, we gave to feel we can dominate them. As you bring order
to complexity, you find a way to make the product defer to you. Simplicity isn’t
just a visual style. It’s not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves
digging through the depth of the complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go
really deep. For example, to have no screws on something, you can end up having
a product that is so convoluted and so complex. The better way is to go deeper
with the simplicity, to understand everything about it and how it’s
manufactured. You have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order
to be able to get rid of the parts that are not essential.
-from 'Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson'
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