Saturday, December 26, 2009
Geeks are system thinkers. We see the world as a very complex but knowable flowchart where there are a finite number of inputs, which cause a similarly finite set of outputs. This impossible flowchart gives us a comfortable illusion of control and an understanding of a chaotic world, but its existence is a handy side effect of a life staring at, deducing, and building systems.
— Rands, Gaming the System #
