It's All Too Complicated

Focus questions -

1. PLANES ARE TOO COMPLICATED TO FLY (Trump quote). PEOPLE ARE TOO COMPLICATED TO CONTROL. HELL, MY LIFE IS TOO COMPLICATED TO MANAGE... Well, what do you think?

2. WHAT STUFF IN YOUR LIFE HAVE YOU SURRENDERED TO MACHINES WHICH PERFORM BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING? Have you resisted this at all? How?

3. WHAT STUFF IN YOUR LIFE HAVE YOU SURRENDERED TO PEOPLE WHO ACT BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING? Have you resisted this at all? How?

4. WHAT ATTITUDES AND TACTICS DO PEOPLE ADOPT WHEN THEY FEEL COMPLETELY OUT OF THEIR DEPTH? Is their scope for skill training to manage this kind of situation?

5. WHEN A SITUATION IS SLIPPING BEYOND CONTROL, WHAT IS THE BEST RESPONSE? => Here were the pilot responses to the Lion Air 747 Max9 crash: a) to ground control: 'Help. We have a problem'; b) Wrestle futilely with the plane's controls; c) Desperately consult the instruction manual; c) [last recorded utterance..] 'Allah akhbah!' [A Boeing 747 cockpit has nearly 1000 instruments... ]

6. ARE COUNTRIES NOW TOO COMPLICATED TO GOVERN OR EVEN LIVE IN? - Which countries? Why?

7. “THERE IS ALWAYS A WELL-KNOWN SOLUTION TO EVERY HUMAN PROBLEM — NEAT, PLAUSIBLE, AND WRONG” - H.E. Menken . Is he right or wrong?

8. WHEN DOES THE PRINCIPLE OF OCCAM'S RAZOR BREAK DOWN?

9. DO YOU REALLY WANT A SIMPLE LIFE? Why/ why not?