More parts/systems means more things that can break.
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using that logic we should just ride horses.
things only break because they are poorly designed.
design and manufacturing methods improve proportionally as number of parts grows.
our ability to design reliable parts is orders of magnitude above what it was when the fucking boomer was buying his first car.
put it another way - keeping things simple doesn't make them reliable if they are poorly designed.
and making things complicated doesn't make them unreliable if they are properly designed.
all else being equal ... but all else is never equal.
complex cars aren't designed by the same companies that design primitive cars.
if anything reliability is a function of manufacturing volume. cars that are sold in largest volumes are the most reliable - namely Toyota.
You speak like you don't have a lot of physical world experience. Maybe you went through school for engineering or something and have never worked a trade.
These systems that you have constructed in your mind don't tend to play out that way.
> design and manufacturing methods improve proportionally as number of parts grows.
The methods necessarily become more complex, but improve? Eh.
> our ability to design reliable parts is orders of magnitude above what it was when the fucking boomer was buying his first car.
Yea, sure, but do the incentives align with that?
modern cars are reliable for as long as the warranty lasts.
removing parts will not change this.
That's a bad system. I am not a fan of planned obsolescence.
OK, sorry i was busy but i finally written up the answer in Long Form on my site:
https://dissidentsound.discoursehosting.net/t/is-complexity-a-bad-thing/1089
enjoy !
Trite, angsty vomit written in the style of edgy 2000's era Internet personalities. You are clearly a smart kid with no world experience.
What I said still stands, and you will understand it some day, you just won't remember this conversation.
You should put your theories to the test, in the real world, before you drive yourself crazy.
Also, I've never heard of that YouTuber and I don't watch car channels. I'm not a boomer or mechanic, I just have more experience than you. Sorry that stings so much.
glad you liked it. i updated the article with your above response.
and then i wrote part 2:
enjoy.