Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths. (John Kenneth Galbraith)

Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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