The opposite of simplicity is not complexity, but fragmentation and alienation.
Simplicity is the pursuit of the essential.
John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate wisdom and judgement with occupation is at best insulting.
We are all riding on the same bus.
The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony.
It's a fascinating job, to come in and be the most interesting person in an episode. Whoever the guest star is, that's the job - to maintain the interest and the focus for that 42 minutes or whatever, and it should be a huge relief to those people that are the leads in the shows.