Rudimentary vs. Complex

I was thinking about destruction and construction and I was thinking about how destruction is so much easier than construction. To create takes great amounts of energy and precision for a stable structure to stand. To destroy requires only to undo any part of the structure and watch it fall.

From there I thought about how destruction was this universal, inherent skill. All of us can destroy, and we can usually destroy rather easily, but it takes a special person with a desire to do more to learn how to create.

That thought didn't make sense to me, though. After all, if you spent every day and night studying and practicing how to create, then it would become the norm and destruction would be an odd thing to do. On top of that, creation is not always difficult. It may be hard to draw the Eiffel Tower, but it is not hard to draw a triangle. You can draw triangles all friggin' day and never break a sweat.

So it is not a matter of construction versus destruction. It appears to be a matter of rudimentary versus complex. Rudimentary construction is easy. Complex construction is hard. Rudimentary destruction is easy (hit it with a hammer until it stops existing). Complex destruction is hard (tactically destroy key areas which will cause total collapse with minimal energy spent and no local casualties).

No matter what path you choose to take, know that the more complicated you get, the more difficult it will be,but that this really will be true of any path you would take.