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The New Mathematics: Can you design more by adding less?

podcast May 7, 2021


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The subtractive method is about design thinking that gives the people what they came for! In these instances, less would have been waaay more…

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To discuss the substractive method, SP complained about social media algorithms (05:49) and we gave white board challenges for interviews the axe (15:40). This can apply to the Lion King remake (34:36), go haywire with the new Apple TV remote (43:42) or change the game of personal computers (53:20). We even talked about work meetings (59:20), Aunt Viv (1:03:35), saying “Bless You” (1:08:0) and Instacart (1:16:15).

But the real question is, how difficult is this to implement on real life product teams? (1:23:40)

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