ADD FEWER OPTIONS, NOT MORE.

Something I believe in: the idea that we should eliminate options, instead of adding options.

For example, I find it very bizarre how the exclusive iPhone pro is now being created in so many different colors. In fact, I believe that the iPhone pro should only be made in either black or white, rather than all these other strange finishes.

Why is having too many options a bad thing?

Too many options will ruin your life, David Alan Harvey.

Certainly having some options and life is good, but having too many options in life is bad. Too many decisions leads to paralysis by analysis, in which nothing is done or accomplished.

For example in the context of photography, and having more than one camera, one lens is bad. Rather than just going out and shooting photos, which is the goal, you waste valuable mindspace and brain space to always figure out what the optimal camera for every single situation is.

In fact, I find that the most miserable in the flicted photo ers are the ones who own too many cameras and lenses, and cannot just stick and commit with one. This is also why I believe in monogamy, than the new trendy millennial ”polyamory”. Even if you think about the ancient Greeks, like the Iliad by homer, Hector only has one wife and one son, not legions of concubines.

Reduce

Therefore, a great way to innovate, or just to live life or design life is strive to reduce options, rather than adding.