PEOPLE WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE TIME TO DEAL WITH COMPLEXITY – 3 OBSERVATIONS Have you ever watched the news on commercial television? I am afraid that I can’t. I find the ABC news shallow enough these days. I would smash the television ahead of enduring 16 minutes of commercial television infotainment punctuated by 14 […]

PEOPLE WILL NOT GIVE YOU THE TIME TO DEAL WITH COMPLEXITY – 3 OBSERVATIONS Have you ever watched the news on commercial television? I am afraid that I can’t. I find the ABC news shallow enough these days. I would smash the television ahead of enduring 16 minutes of commercial television infotainment punctuated by 14 minutes of commercials. So why do people: Watch commercial television news? Embrace news that is more opinion than observation? It may be that they are lazy, and it may be that they are stupid – but it is most certainly because they want it as simple as possible. The simpler the offering, the better! It is interesting to contemplate: The rapid and continuing growth in TV dinner sales The demand for packaged vegetables The preference for buying a new tap, rather that fitting a new washer What is behind these trends? It may be laziness,…