I work with someone who is obsessed with ontology, and it can be exhausting to discuss naming schemes, categories, etc at length. I do think there is a place fo

I work with someone who is obsessed with ontology, and it can be exhausting to discuss naming schemes, categories, etc at length. I do think there is a place for it, and having also lived in worlds where there was no appreciable consideration for how things are named and categorized and organized, I appreciate that he cares as much as he does. I mostly rubber duck and let him build castles in the sky which we'll probably never reach, or which will be overcome by events, but it's not the worst way for someone to spend their time. I'm not sure it's always productive, but I don't think it's harmful.