> Our figurative ideas, ephemera, seem to be in a loop of taking a simple mental model, branching it into a mess, feeling over extended, circling back to a simp

> Our figurative ideas, ephemera, seem to be in a loop of taking a simple mental model, branching it into a mess, feeling over extended, circling back to a simpler mental model, branching it into an over extended mess. It's pretty standard, the pendulum swings to one side and then eventually swings back to the other. If you stay flexible you can just ride it back and forth throughout your career. here's an old Dilbert that shows the same https://www.sambridger.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dilbert_centralize_decentralize.png https://www.sambridger.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dilber...