The triumph of KISS

摘要

The 'keep it simple, stupid', or KISS, principle states that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated. Simplicity, therefore, should be a key goal and unnecessary complexity should be avoided. During the opening ceremony of what was the world's first 'flex fuel' ethanol plant in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil (one which can handle both corn and sugarcane feedstocks) Andre Puccinelli the state governor, claimed: 'Where Americans like to complicate matters, we in Brazil like to keep it simple.'