Alain Berthoz Вђ“ La Semplessitг (2011) May 2026

"I cannot delete it," Elias said, recalling the lessons of the old masters. "Nature never deletes complexity; it transcends it. We need ."

Elias was called to the Great Hub. "Simplify it," the elders commanded. "Delete the excess." Alain Berthoz – La semplessità (2011)

Elias stood at the edge of the city, looking out at the sunset. He realized that the sun didn't need to explain its fusion or its gravity to provide light. It simply shone. "I cannot delete it," Elias said, recalling the

He began to rewrite the city’s interface based on . Instead of showing the citizens everything that was , he programmed the glass to show only what they needed next . He used the principle of detour —sometimes the straightest line was a cognitive trap, so he designed paths that curved, allowing the human eye to process the environment at a natural rhythm. "Simplify it," the elders commanded

By evening, the Archive had changed. It was no longer a labyrinth of noise; it was a living organism. The citizens began to move again, not because the world had become less complex, but because Elias had given them the . He had turned the chaotic "more" into a functional "one."

Elias closed his eyes. He didn't look at the screens; he looked at his own body. He realized that to walk, he didn't need to calculate the tension of every muscle or the friction of every joint. His brain integrated a thousand signals into a single, fluid intent: forward .