SASM 029 – 4 Reasons and a Moral Imperative to Unsimplify
It all started with a fleeting bed-time thought.
“Joel. You haven't increased your awareness today. Are you OK with that? What are you going to do about that?!”
That brief internal challenge was the catalyst for this solo episode of Smart and Simple Matters. The words spilled from my brain onto my monitor as I raced to write the outline for my moral imperative to unsimplify.
As I recorded this episode, one thought kept coming up over and over, like a broken record of unsimplicity:
There is room for and growth in seeking out new and expanded awareness every … single … day.
As I contemplated publishing something that would almost guarantee I'm a future hypocrite, I felt compelled to share my vision about why, how, and when to unsimplify.
After all, even people in simplicity circles don't frequently resemble my unique brand of “simple.”
I take this challenge of unsimplifying seriously. Unsimplification is too often a topic that gets swept under a minimalist's or simplifier's rug when they fail to acknowledge the elephant in the room: that unsimplifying can sometimes be the just, moral, and best way.
I want to answer my own questions and the hidden questions lurking in every aspiring or accomplished simplifier's brain. Questions like:
Transcript
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