Great short read and book recc. I find myself often trying to articulate this idea (sometimes to myself, often to a friend) - starting with the map and buildin

Great short read and book recc. I find myself often trying to articulate this idea (sometimes to myself, often to a friend) - starting with the map and building a territory from it --> generally bad. While reading this article I wasn't even thinking about software. I think of a lot of progressive and/or socialist politics. To assert that the world should look as you one sees fit is flawed, both because one is not representative but mostly because the complexity of a system beyond toy example cannot be accurately modeled enough when the risk is catastrophe.