Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
Episode: Leidy Klotz on Why the Best Solutions Involve Less— Not More | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 45
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
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Buy on Amazon"Leidy summarizes his research ideas in a new book called "Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less.""
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Buy on Amazon"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."
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Buy on Amazon"But my friend Sandal Mullainathan, who you might remember from two previous episodes of this podcast, said, "No, Leidy's book is different."
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Buy on Amazon"So I gave" Subtract" a second chance and I realized, yes, there actually is something here."
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Buy on Amazon"Now, you've written a book called "Subtract" and you've done a ton of academic research on the topic."
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Buy on Amazon"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?""
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Buy on Amazon"I also dislike many of the other examples in his book, but I give Leidy credit for good taste in this discussion."
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Buy on Amazon"The one I use in my book is actually less lofty; it's more just about my own house."
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Buy on Amazon"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."
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Buy on Amazon"One of the examples I use in the book is San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway."