> This idyllic view certainly leaves out the part where she has to take a pick and scrape dirt and feces out of those goats hooves and trim them on a regular ba

> This idyllic view certainly leaves out the part where she has to take a pick and scrape dirt and feces out of those goats hooves and trim them on a regular basis to prevent foot-rot I think a big part of this is the same thing behind the impulse to rewrite a hoary old software system from scratch: Our tendency to underestimate reality's true level of detail.