Is the paradox of growth about creating more by having less?

Since childhood, society has taught us that in order to grow, we must accumulate: more knowledge, more skills, more possessions. But what if true growth didn’t come from what we acquire, but from what we let go?

What if new possibilities emerged, not by adding, but by subtracting?

We are often trapped by the idea that “more” equals “better.” Yet, this accumulation ends up saturating our minds and limiting our ability to innovate. Sometimes, unlearning is more powerful than learning.

Growing is about knowing how to let go of beliefs that have become obsolete, of certainties that no longer make sense, and making space for the unknown. True intelligence may not lie in the quantity of things we know, but in our ability to recognize what we can unlearn.

In a world obsessed with accumulation, daring to embrace “less” becomes a radical act.