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• Episode: UPDATE: Sendhil Mullainathan Thinks Messing Around Is the Best Use of Your Time | People I...
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  I give an example: there's this great book by Leidy Klotz; it's called 'Subtract.' It just came out; it's awesome!
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  Leidy summarizes his research ideas in a new book called "Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less."
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  Now, being totally honest, when I first saw Leidy's book, I dismissed it as schlock—one of the hundreds of mediocre pop science books published every year.
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  But my friend Sandal Mullainathan, who you might remember from two previous episodes of this podcast, said, "No, Leidy's book is different.
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  So I gave" Subtract" a second chance and I realized, yes, there actually is something here.
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  Now, you've written a book called "Subtract" and you've done a ton of academic research on the topic.
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  I tell the story in the book, but he was basically sitting there thinking about how to lighten the drivetrain and then he's like, "What if I just take the whole thing away?"
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  I also dislike many of the other examples in his book, but I give Leidy credit for good taste in this discussion.
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  The one I use in my book is actually less lofty; it's more just about my own house.
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  In a subtle way, the message I took away from your book is that don't let the fact that everybody else is additive trick you into being additive too.
• Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
  Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
  

  One of the examples I use in the book is San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway.