Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.
For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.
We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.