Robin, if you say that’s true in economics too, then this is probably a full-blown Standard Iconoclast Failure Mode.
I wonder if the situation in computer programming is just an especially good illustration of it, because the programmer actually does have to reimpose order somehow afterward—you get to see the structure lost, the tarpit, and the effort. Brooks wrote real programs in his expanded design space and even made a buck off it, so we should much more strongly criticize someone who merely advocates “non-equilibrium economics” without saying which kind of disequilibrium.
Robin, if you say that’s true in economics too, then this is probably a full-blown Standard Iconoclast Failure Mode.
I wonder if the situation in computer programming is just an especially good illustration of it, because the programmer actually does have to reimpose order somehow afterward—you get to see the structure lost, the tarpit, and the effort. Brooks wrote real programs in his expanded design space and even made a buck off it, so we should much more strongly criticize someone who merely advocates “non-equilibrium economics” without saying which kind of disequilibrium.