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Complexity is a moving target.

Complexity is a moving target.

In Living with Complexity , Professor Donald Arthur Norman wrote: “When things are too simple, they are also viewed as dull and uneventful. Psychologists have demonstrated that people prefer a middle level of complexity: too simple and we are bored, too complex and we are confused."

"Moreover, the ideal level of complexity is a moving target, because the more expert we become at any subject, the more complexity we prefer.

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