Friedberg argues complexity breeds fear of failure, explaining why people pursue smaller ideas requiring fewer things to go right.
“Well, there's I don't know about, using the term thinker, but I think that the, the big concepts are scary because there's so many things that have to go right to get them to work.”
Friedberg explains people avoid big ideas because complexity breeds fear of higher failure probability.
“And, you know, complexity breeds fear because it breeds a higher chance of failure. You know, you have to get each of these things right for something to work.”