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 The direction of my life and the choices I'm making are currently moving towards  low tech to no tech. Complex to basic. 

In the end, I want simplicity and that I don't need much. 
 
 Clarity over complexity. 
 Sounds nice  
 The tech in my hand right now sure is useful though. Finding the right balance is essential. 
 Centuries of people have lived meaningful lives without it. I do understand that it's not for everyone.  
 True. The value for me is it's an efficient tool for learning and sharing knowledge. 🙏 
 Being back tech as tools 
away from tech is life 
 Simplicity is an engineering super power.  It's why manufactured goods peaked and have been on a decline in quality.  We aren't creating better systems, just adding "features" and complexity which make things worse.  

I think we are seeing a return to quality over quantity.  To minimalism and reducing consumerism through coalescing around the best quality.  

I think Bitcoin raising the bar on the cost of capital will naturally weed out the junk and only quality and simplicity will survive. 
 Perfection is not when there is nothing more to add, but when there's nothing more to remove 
 Simple is good. Tech should be making things more simple.