Chris Collins argues that many businesses wrongly equate busyness (traffic) with success, but high traffic often undermines stable, profitable systems. He criticizes the chase for chaos—suggesting some people prefer being on the edge of disaster due to past trauma—and contrasts that with his preference for designing predictable, consistent systems rather than glorifying constant hectic activity.
The other thing with math is that a lot of times we judge our success by how busy we are versus how profitable we are.
And it's just weird that we chase traffic.
And traffic is the enemy of having good systems. Like, we just want that chaos like we were talking about before. Like, we just want to feel like we're on the verge of chaos, and that's how we feel alive because of our childhood trauma or something. Like, we only feel good in dysfunctional relationships, and we only feel good if we're, like, on the edge of disaster. But, like, I just don't. I don't. I never have wanted to live that way. I want to design something that is, you know, a little more.
A little more predictable and consistent.
