ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Law of triviality

The Law of Triviality is a concept that explains how people like to talk a lot about simple things and spend very little time talking about important things. It's like when you're in a meeting and someone starts talking about something small like the color of the office chairs and it takes forever to decide, but then when everyone moves on to discussion about something important like a big business decision, the conversation is over in a flash. This is because people are more comfortable talking about something that's simple and easy to understand, rather than something that's complicated and hard to figure out.