Simplicity • Clean • Quick • Tensility

“Simplicity” is being simple, while holding a quality of purity, fresh, and nature; however, it is not that kind of simple with a sense of stupid as the Chinese people say, “simple brain with strong muscles.” It also comes with a quality of “wisdom,” no matter the wise is shown in a child or an elder.¹ The opposite of simplicity here is not difficulty but complication. When being simple, things are not cluttered; thus, it will automatically demonstrate a quality of simple “cleanness,” but will not appear to be boring for being simple. When things are being clean, chaotic mess has nowhere to hide. After cutting out the unwanted components, the speed of handling things will automatically become simply “quick.” When things are going quick, there won’t be unfinished things left behind. The effort of being simple is to pay attention on every small critical problem with a simple heart. When all these connected details are being taken care, the simplicity is possible to demonstrate an irresistible “tension.” The tension here symbolizes a power of inclusion. Just like the surface tension of water, the water will not leak out of a cup. Or it’s like the tension of a piece of net or cloth, it is possible to wrap a three dimensional space with a two dimensional object! However, when things look simple but lack of tensility, they will turn out to be boring. When all the details are well hidden underneath the main theme or subject, naturally a “multilevel sense of depth” can manifest behind. As you can pay attention to feel, taste, and feel the depth, a unified rule fits everywhere.

In the earlier article “Preface,” I have mentioned that this blog is going to cover different aspects, such as computing, humanity, science, music, art, philosophy, and spirituality. In fact, following the simple guide of previous paragraph, I believe that there is a simple Truth can cross the differences of aspects. Furthermore, I just digest those aspects with the guide of simplicity, and discovered a potential depth connecting them together. As “humanity” to be the foundation, a kind of “philosophy” will show. With this philosophy, a sense of “science” will be born, and this science is going to evolve the developing and application of “computer.” From such philosophy and science to create “arts” and “music”, it will lead the “spirituality” return to a peaceful harmony so that it will help the mankind to establish an abundant and fulfilled life.¶

^{1. The Chinese vocabulary「智慧」 is commonly being translated into “wisdom” in English. Its pronunciation is the same with the combination of two Chinese characters 「稚」and 「慧」, while the meaning of the joined characters could be interpreted as the wisdom of a child.}

Post Script: After I finished this article, suddenly an inner doubt raise in my mind. “How could a such simple thing exist?” What is the good stuff like this in the world is able to make people to master one thing also to master hundreds of things? In fact, looking at things from this perspective, the opposite of simplicity turns into difficulty again, and it lost the original spirit of making complicated things simple. As I reviewed my original draft of this article, I remembered that I was writing down my thought after I finished reading Takashi Oshio’s book Economics Introduction for High School Students. Eventually, I was not aware that the topic was out of the economy domain, since I was focusing on ‘writing’ rather than ‘writing about economy.’ Applying the guide of simplicity to the ultimate goal of economics, I have seen that it should start from its original state of managing the wealth of all people. In my opinion, I believe that the demand and supply of the market is the essential fundamental simple rule, yet the evolved calculated rates and the methods of manipulation are too many. Some rules are effective today will expire on someday. While the author’s final point about “benefit others,” I agree with him quite much. Anyway, from the basic “demand” of the humanism to look into economics, there should be a way out of the contradictions of the growth of economy, and finance and taxes of a country. Yes, this is my personal opinion. If you have a better idea on this perspective and topic, please feel free to leave your precious comments. I’ll see you later!