Reality Makes Us Stupid
or at least makes it clear in its own way that we’re not as smart as we need to be
Here’s a link to the NYT article that comments on the above image, we won’t say explains it. What occurs to me in that what it really demonstrates is that things are way complicated. Arguably we have to something despite that complexity, and tools, particularly IT tools (assuming you count PowerPoint as IT) can help. The danger is that they can give you the illusion of understanding and control; if you can graph it or chart it you don’t have to think about it.
