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Antony Funnell for Future Tense

HISTORICAL FACTS: Technology promises to make life simpler so why does everything keep getting more complicated - Caught on Camera

Steve Jobs was a fan of the KISS principle. So too is Tony Hoare, the noted British computer pioneer.

KISS stands for "Keep It Simple, Stupid!", a design edict that's been popular in technology circles for decades.

Hoare once explained: "There are two methods in software design. One is to make the program so simple, there are obviously no errors. The other is to make it so complicated, there are no obvious errors."  

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