Is it really 'Complex'? Or did we just make it 'Complicated'? [video]

One of the key points of the talk happens around the 32-37 minute mark, comparing the crew sizes of various ships. He makes the point that the core of development is really putting together the requirements, not writing code. Unfortunately we've put nearly all of the resources of our industry into engineering rather than science (tactics rather than strategies). What he stated very succinctly is that a supercomputer can work out the tactics when provided a strategy, so why are…

I haven't watched the video yet, so please forgive the possibly premature comment... But this is something that I've found myself thinking about a lot lately. Are the things that we're currently building or maintaining truly that complicated or are we over-engineering things? I've been humbled on more than one occasion where I initially thought an enterprise-y solution was over-engineered, until all the details of the problem were explained to me. What I wish we had was a "man" equivalent…