Single Point of Truth principle: Don’t Repeat Yourself
Programmers, know that
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system.
By applying this principle to your life, you end up living better.
Why? Because, by
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Avoiding the duplication of pieces of knowledge
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Disambituating terms, concepts
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Using simpler structures of thought
we avoid information overload and a straight-to-the point communication.
Did you know that speaking is not communicating?
In writing difficult-to-read material, many writers indirectly communicate they have no intention to enrich their readers’ life. Paradoxically, there is no point in expressing difficult concepts by using difficult language.
Don’t Repeat Yourself (DIE, Duplication is Evil).
Don’t Repeat Yourself means simplifying ideas and mental schemes.
That’s a purification of language.
Avoid redundance and verbosity: you better your existence.
Less words means less mental / visual clutter.
Straight to the point language means we communicate quickly and efficiently.