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escapeteamyesterday at 8:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why is progress always assumed to be about adding more stuff? Sometimes, taking something away would be best, but humans tend to overlook it.

Article: People systematically overlook subtractive changes - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03380-y


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hirako2000yesterday at 9:28 PM

We are hard wired to perceive addition as value.

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falcor84yesterday at 9:10 PM

I for one hate it when product managers update systems to make them simpler and remove features/settings that I depend on.

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