added by Stuart Evans · updated 2mo ago
the map is of the territory
- The map is not the territory is a mental model that reminds us not to confuse a model of a situation with the situation itself.
from Your Innovator’s Toolkit: The map is not the territory
Moi Jamri added
We map the world, ourselves included
Map is not the Territory
The map is not all the Territory - it is bound to leave out things on Territory
Maps are self reflexive - ie map maker may pretend to transcend the map but he is affecting the map making
Prashant Patel added
- Question your maps and models of the universe, both inner and outer, and continually test them against the raw input of reality. Our maps are still maps, approximating the landscape of truth from the territories of the knowable — incomplete representational models that always leave more to map, more to fathom, because the selfsame forces that made ... See more
from 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings by Maria Popova
Stuart Evans added