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the map is of the territory
A core reason was that it was illegible , it was hard to measure. Who knew the collective five or fifteen minute chunks of people’s days added up to so much? 1
We live in an incredibly complex world; the territory is too vast for anyone to hold in their head and so we create maps, simplifications of reality to help us function.
However, sometimes a l... See more
We live in an incredibly complex world; the territory is too vast for anyone to hold in their head and so we create maps, simplifications of reality to help us function.
However, sometimes a l... See more
taylorpearson.me • The Illegible Margin: Profiting From the Gap Between the Map and the Territory
La carte peut être une vraie carte, ou une théorie, ou une hypothèse, ou une idée, ou une table, ou un concept, ou une sorte de représentation - en général, c'est une sorte de carte du monde objectif. Tous les principaux théoriciens des Lumières, qu'ils soient holistes ou atomistes ou n'importe quoi entre les deux, tous adhèrent à ce paradigme de l
... See moreKen Wilber • Une brève histoire de tout: 200 000 EXEMPLAIRES VENDUS (French Edition)
Clarity is your mind's natural state. I don't usually ‘unpack’ analogies, but this one is worth looking at directly… The outside-in misunderstanding is the ‘factory’ that contaminates the river. Contaminated thinking is the ‘sewage’ the factory produces. The river's source is MIND, the intelligent energy behind life. The river is the principle of T
... See moreJamie Smart • Results: Think Less. Achieve More
We forget there is a territory that exists separately from the map. This territory contains details the map doesn’t describe. We run into problems when our knowledge becomes of the map, rather than the actual underlying territory it describes.