Most 'complex problems' are often euphemisms for mess that we ourselves create. Like a messy room from where you scream "Mom!! I can't find my socks!!!"
'Cool' Mom finds it unquestioningly for you..its a miracle! And 'complex' technology invents the sock-finder that can detect your socks through a truck load of clothes. As the complex technology becomes more common, the complex mess becomes more 'normal'...A costly sock-finder upgrade becomes inevitable. It finds what you want from double the mess in half the time. What a relief! Gen-X kids wonder "How did they even survive in the old days without the sock finder!!" Can't blame them..they have inherited a messy world where the sock-finder is a basic need.
'Uncool' Mom screams "Why the heck do you need $2000 for a sock-finder to escape from the mess you created?" and hands you a $2 broom. Problem solved(??)
Maybe this is too simple...the real world is very complex...it demands people who offer solutions. Simplicity demands asking the right questions that pierce the mess to reveal the answers. Creating a mess again becomes impossible.
Solutions are achieved, answers are just revealed. If the answer is too complex, we have probably not understood the problem yet.
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