When too many options lead to dissatisfaction

For some intuitive reasons I tend to link the level of happiness with simplicity. In other words, the simpler our lives are, the happier we’ll be and vice-versa.

As we add complexities into our daily existence, our society, our rules and our culture, we believe that by doing so, we enrich our environment, but we also create more bifurcations that in turn, create more choices, more questions, more thinking, more uncertainty and an increased risk for error or malfunction.

The same that applies to our daily lives also applies to medicine, engineering, thinking and pretty much everything under the sun. For instance, a Tesla electric car represents a huge step forward towards automotive simplification with less parts, a more reliable and long lasting system.

This means that everything we invent or any improvement we make to our lives and their surroundings should always proceed with a driving concern towards simplification, with a strong effort placed in eliminating complexity, except if there is absolutely no other available solution.

If we were wise enough to aim at a life built around simplicity, this would automatically bring us much more peace and satisfaction.