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Are You Familiar with the KISS Principle?
Keep It Simple Stupid is frequently useful advice.
In college, I get involved in a medieval reenactment society. My primary focus began with rapier combat (fencing). While much of this is one-on-one, we also do melee combat. That can be bouts between anywhere from two-on-two to 100-on-100 or more (and not always even sides).
Some of this combat is on an open field. Sometimes we fight in the woods. And other scenarios come into play like bridge battles, town battles, ship-boarding battles, and more. Goals vary from capture the flag to free the prisoners to kill ’em all — and everything in between.
Such campaigns begin to need a strategy. “Get ’em Ray!” is (almost) never a good plan.
However, when it comes to strategy, the simplest plan you can create is frequently the best.
This is how I was introduced to the KISS Principle in my early 20s.
What is the KISS Principle?
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid
Some have interpreted this statement as insulting — keep it simple, stupid! But that’s not my take. I see it as stupidly simple. Keep it simple stupid.
