The art of substraction

The human drive to invent new things has led to pathbreaking achievements in medicine, science and society. But our desire for innovation can keep us from seeing one of the most powerful paths to progress: subtraction.

But why do our problem solving solutions tend to add instead of substract?

Engineer Leidy Klotz discusses the concept of substraction with Shankar Vedantam in this fascinating episode:

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• Anna Keichline invented the K-Brick, an example of material substraction, mentioned in the podcast episode

• The book by Leidy Klotz: https://www.leidyklotz.com/