Complexity Fatigue: How Excess Environments Impair Cognitive Function—And the Minimalist Evidence Framework That Restores Clarity

or decades, experts have explored how environment shapes cognition, but a crucial truth is now undeniable: the weight of excess undermines clarity. From crowded offices to information overload, complexity silently drains attention, weakens working memory, and disrupts decision-making.

This book uncovers the empirical science behind minimalist living—not as a lifestyle fad, but as a rigorously supported cognitive strategy. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and environmental research, it demonstrates how simplifying spaces, routines, and choices leads to measurable improvements in focus, resilience, and overall mental health.

Far from advocating deprivation, this research-driven framework reveals that minimalist systems liberate cognitive bandwidth, sharpen analytical thinking, and strengthen executive function. By aligning environments with human brain capacity, professionals and researchers can achieve greater productivity and innovation while maintaining psychological balance.

Designed for scholars, practitioners, and leaders, this work offers a powerful synthesis of scientific insights and practical application—clear, precise, and transformative.

Simplicity is not subtraction. It is the ultimate system for restoring clarity, capacity, and sustained high-level performance.