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<=> is of course mathematical nonsense. But it can be true: less than half a population can vote for someone (a president for example) while that someone gets more votes than anyone else; I might have less wealth than most of my friends and neighbours but more than enough for a comfortable life, and more than vast numbers of people who struggle to get by.

I am an architect, though retired now, and have known the phrase 'less is more', coined by German modernist architect Mies van der Rohe since my school days. It is the catch phrase of minimalists everywhere and always resonated with me though probably in a broader sense than Mies intended. 

<=> (less is more) is the name of my new Flipboard magazine where I will occasionally add items from the news, from elsewhere on Flipboard, from mastodon and from out of my head. Eating less out-of-season food and buying local produce means less greenhouse heating and fewer food miles but more flavour and more income for small growers. Travelling by train instead of flying means less fuel burned and less airport stress but more time to enjoy the scenery, catch up on work or enjoy a book. Insulating your home means lower heating (or cooling) costs and more cash left to switch to a heat pump or install solar panels - which means more savings and less carbon emissions. These trade-offs can be found in every aspect of life and less of anything always means more of something else. Less bad stuff; more good  stuff. All you need to do is decide which is which.