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Each year, I try to single out a word to mark my upcoming year. Last year's word was "craft", meaning "to make by hand" and connoting skill or excellence. An ironic word, given the times. This year, my word is "simple", in the Rich Hickey vein, deriving from "sim-plex" meaning "one fold".

In these times, it feels as though simplicity is one of the last things we consider. I certainly have felt this way, as I move faster than ever with the onset of powerful tools and abstractions, but frequently am aghast at how complex things are. This year my goal is instead, simple.