No more things

Flowchart:

Is this new thing ok?

 

Did the making of the thing require so much changing of the original components that these are no longer recognizable in the thing?

Yes → NOT OK

No (move on)

Did a single human person make the thing from scratch (raw material)?

YES: OK!

No (move on)

Was it made in a place specific to massive thing-making, alongside a bunch of other things like it?

YES: NOT OK

NO (move on)

is the thing food?

YES:

  • did the making of the food require so much changing of the original materials that these are no longer recognizable in the thing?

    Yes: NOT OK

    No (move on)

Is the problem the thing is meant to ‘solve’ an old one?

YES: Move on

No: NOT OK

Can an old thing not solve it?

YES: use the old thing, NOT OK

No (move on)

Are you sure?

YES

I don’t believe so! Avoid the new problem.