Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

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Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was born in Malta on 19 May 1933.

Edward de Bono (born 19 May 1933) is a Maltese physician author inventor and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking[citation needed] wrote the book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.