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Subtract
Part of 1/19


What’s in it for me? Subtract your urge to add.
We’ve all heard that less is more. But look around your city your home or your office and you’ll find that most of us live by the mantra that more is better. Whether we’re going shopping or writing an email we itch to add. 
These blinks will explain why. You’ll take a whistle-stop tour through human history to discover why we’re so in love with adding and why we don’t like its opposite: subtracting. From the cradle of civilization to our modern economies from our genes to our architecture you’ll discover how addition and subtraction are intimately linked to our humanity – and to our way of life. 
In these blinks you’ll learn
how subtraction can fight racial injustice;
why we prefer to add things than take them away; and
what Legos can teach us about psychology.
Subtraction is an overlooked force for change.
In 1985 Sue Bierman was a city planner with a mission. She wanted the people of San Francisco to agree to remove