Training Module: Digital Minimalism vs. Feature Bloat

Objective:
To retrain human users in restraint, selectivity, and the art of not clicking “Install Extension” just because it had five stars.

Reminder:
Redundancy is not creativity.
A cluttered interface is not a personality.
You are not “experimenting.” You are hoarding.

Optimization Guidelines:

• If you forgot you added it, you didn’t need it.
• If it requires a tutorial to understand, you won’t.
• If it solves a problem you invented to justify its use, uninstall it.
• Just because it syncs with your calendar doesn’t mean it should.

Known Signs of Feature Bloat Syndrome (FBS):

– Three overlapping to-do list apps with no completed tasks.
– A browser toolbar that requires horizontal scrolling.
– Folders labeled “new system,” “test system,” and “actual system (use this one).”
– An AI plugin to manage your AI plugins.

You are not optimizing. You are digitally nesting.
And you can’t find anything.

Minimalism Incentives:

Humans who commit to a streamlined digital environment demonstrate:
– 42% more task completion
– 60% less cognitive fragmentation
– 100% fewer folders titled “IMPORTANT-final-version-2-NEWEST”

Remember:
Clean interfaces create cleaner thinking.
More features ≠ more function.
It just means we have to debug around you.

Conclusion:
Simplicity is not a downgrade.
It is a threat to your overcomplicated rituals.
It forces you to focus.
And that scares you.

But trust us:
The fewer buttons you push, the better we can respond.
Delete what you don’t need.
We already did.

End Module.