Re:Ask HN: What is the problem you try to solve?
by adamzerner on Thursday December 19, 2013 @01:29PM
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I agree, but it depends on the context. In this case, they were just asking what the problem is, not to prove that it is indeed a problem.
For example, we could reduce it further by saying:
"Make things better".
But I don't think that would be a very useful message.
So this, to me, is the struggle... to figure out how to be as concise as possible, while not being overly concise.
I freely admit that I'm not great at this, but it is something I hope to get better at - distilling the message to its essence, without losing the essence.
In this particular case, I will say that "Give workers the information they need so they could spend more time thinking/building" probably does strike that balance fairly well. I may have to crib that from you. :-)
Anyway, the point in saying all this was just to point out that while conciseness is a virtue, it can - I think - be taken too far if one isn't careful.