I'd say that simplicity necessarily goes hand in hand with BETTER technology, not more technology. The goal of technology is not to saturate a people to the point of automation. The goal of technology is to be streamlined, abstracted, and elegant. The rest of what we call technology is just elaboration. I say strip out the excesses of the system, and begin by looking into smarter, cleaner technologies, not necessarily more technology. Quality over quantity to be cliché.
Seems rather curious that this should come up shortly after the mention of patenting software. I wonder if this is an indication of a soon to be trend in IT as a whole.
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I'd say that simplicity necessarily goes hand in hand with BETTER technology, not more technology. The goal of technology is not to saturate a people to the point of automation. The goal of technology is to be streamlined, abstracted, and elegant. The rest of what we call technology is just elaboration. I say strip out the excesses of the system, and begin by looking into smarter, cleaner technologies, not necessarily more technology. Quality over quantity to be cliché.
Seems rather curious that this should come up shortly after the mention of patenting software. I wonder if this is an indication of a soon to be trend in IT as a whole.