Too many moving parts

Have you ever wondered how things can be so complex? It’s amazing to me. We live in such a complex world. Some things I think about are beyond my understanding. But regardless of my lack of understanding of them, I have a feeling that at some point things become more complicated than they need to be. I feel like there’s a point where you tend to reach critical mass, and things can’t move much beyond that point without a massive paradigm shift.

One thing that fascinates me are the inner workings of my modern-day car. The technologies they use today aren’t nearly the same ones used in even the recent past. Today, we don’t just have Fuel Injection, but now we have Gasoline Direct Injection. What’s that? (Bear with me here. As I know this may not fall within the bounds of everyone’s field of interest, I feel it exemplifies a larger point.) Well, to answer the question, GDI engines, as they’re called for short, are engines where the fuel isn’t injected prior to the intake valve. The fuel is now injected directly into the combustion chamber. Not only that, but there is now a high pressure fuel pump which delivers fuel at pressures of 2500-2900 psi. That’s kind of like having a pressure washer running under your hood. Anyway, this gives a cleaner and more efficient burn. And each injection is more precisely controlled and timed with the movement of the pistons. All this in an effort to gain better fuel efficiency and more power from a smaller displacement engine.

But wait, there’s more. Now we don’t just have your ordinary automatic transmission anymore. Now we have dual-clutch transmissions. In levels of complexity, these transmissions (in light of the old ones) are like comparing a Ferrari to a horse and buggy. It’s now a mind-boggling intricate dance between a labyrinthine mess of gears which is very difficult to grasp. I watched a YouTube video on it, and I still don’t understand it. A torque converter? Ha! No need for that anymore. Everything is now direct drive. Two input shafts: odd-numbered gears controlled by one, the even-numbered by the other. When you sit at a stop light, there is still a spinning shaft; it’s just not engaged. With a conventional transmission, when you were sitting idle the torque converter was always spinning. This was spinning against another plate, which spun the transmission fluid, which spun the other plate driving the drive shaft and, eventually, the wheels. But this resulted in a loss of efficiency. So, dual clutch is now the answer. It’s kind of the happy medium between a manual and automatic transmission.
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I suppose you’re wondering what my point is in all this. Well, my point is that all this massive increase in complexity has resulted, in my humble opinion, in what are only marginal increases in efficiency. To put it another way, it’s coming at a high price. I don’t even blame the car companies for this. A lot of these demands for increased efficiency are coming at them from the outside, being imposed on them by government fuel efficiency standards. In the process, they have pushed the technology to the outer reaches of its limits. But in my mind, it’s too complex to be practical. Does it work? Sure. Is it worth the higher probability of breakdown, increase expense of repair, and future likely headaches? I would say, “No.” But it’s a cost benefit analysis like anything else.
In a similar way, our lives have become much the same way. We have increased pressure on us—some self-imposed and some from the outside—which cause us to engage in this complex stress-inducing dance of gymnastic moves that would impress most Olympic judges. However, if we really sat down and calculated the benefit of getting only a few extra little things done in a day, is it really worth it? Is it worth the stress? The bottom line is you have to take care of yourself and your mental well-being. This was only a car I was talking about above. If any of these mechanical parts go, all you have is just a blown engine or a busted transmission. But there’s only one irreplaceable you. Give yourself a break. Prioritize. Get done what you need to and don’t get too excited about the rest. Best to keep your life free of ‘too many moving parts’.

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