A Wealth Of Information Creates A Poverty

A Wealth Of Information Creates A Poverty Of Attention.

The Aim ... Is To Provide A Clear And Rigorous Basis For Determining When A Causal Ordering Can Be Said To Hold Between Two Variables Or Groups Of Variables In A Model . . . . The Concepts Refer To A Model-a System Of Equations-and Not To The 'real' World The Model Purports To Describe.

Solving A Problem Simply Means Representing It So As To Make The Solution Transparent.

The Proper Study Of Mankind Is The Science Of Design.

Human Beings, Viewed As Behaving Systems, Are Quite Simple. The Apparent Complexity Of Our Behavior Over Time Is Largely A Reflection Of The Complexity Of The Environment In Which We Find Ourselves.