The map is not the territory

🌱 Seedling · 1 min

The real world is much more complex than the mental models we create of it: maps are a necessary simplification so that we can reduce a chaotic system to a number of reproducible, rigid rules, so that the system itself is easier to work with.

When we do this consciously, it’s not a problem necessarily. When we do it unconsciously, we risk generating “flawless” ideas, which have several negative consequences on the quality of our decision-making.

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