Stupid Light is right

[lovettchris]

I like your article on "stupid light" and the analogy with hiking. On my website I like to say it a slightly different way: "Simplicity is not the opposite of complexity. Simplicity is too often an excuse for being simplistic. The world doesn't need any more stupid software. The opposite of complexity is beautiful, elegant design."

In other words the right amount of simplicity, but not too much. I like to say there is genius in simplicity, it takes hard work and requires careful design.