We need maps and models as guides. But frequently, we don’t remember that our maps and models are abstractions and thus we fail to understand their l… - Shane Parrish

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We need maps and models as guides. But frequently, we don’t remember that our maps and models are abstractions and thus we fail to understand their limits. 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.