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@paul I really like the combined ideas of "complexity has to live somewhere" and "complexity for who" - I think they're both real, but together they suggest that there's a topology of complexity here, that a kind of maps-vs-territory model of understanding complexity is possible.
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 @paul @mhoye I also think about Latour's theorization of "black boxes". he says that complexity becomes black boxed once a mechanism's running becomes a settled "matter of fact". I recommend his "Pandora's Hope" -- it is a wonderful book that asks the question: what happens, in a epistemological and ontological sense, when we abstract away complexity? What are the *mechanics* of that?  |
@mhoye I really like your map–territory relation analogy here; definitely resonates with me!