I very much appreciate that you are thinking about this, and the writing is great. That said, without trying to address the arguments directly, I worry that the style here is justifying a conclusion you’ve come to and explores analogies you like rather than exploring the arguments and trying to decide what side to be on, and it fails to embrace scout mindset sufficiently to be helpful.
Thanks for the feedback! You are right that I’m not exploring the arguments and deciding what side to be on—because that was not the purpose of this post. First, it is not a forum post but a linkpost to the introduction for a blog which will explore these ideas in detail in a series. Second, its purpose is to specifically challenge the status quo and get people even to consider that there might be a different approach (than fully obedient deterministic digital systems).
I very much appreciate that you are thinking about this, and the writing is great. That said, without trying to address the arguments directly, I worry that the style here is justifying a conclusion you’ve come to and explores analogies you like rather than exploring the arguments and trying to decide what side to be on, and it fails to embrace scout mindset sufficiently to be helpful.
Thanks for the feedback! You are right that I’m not exploring the arguments and deciding what side to be on—because that was not the purpose of this post. First, it is not a forum post but a linkpost to the introduction for a blog which will explore these ideas in detail in a series. Second, its purpose is to specifically challenge the status quo and get people even to consider that there might be a different approach (than fully obedient deterministic digital systems).