Maps and Territory
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Today’s text, from Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation:
The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?
Yesterday I alluded to the truth in the adage: this too shall pass.
Today, I’m reminded of a (surprisingly recently-coined) adage: the map is not the territory.
Choose your maps carefully, and pay attention to what they emphasize and what they neglect. Remember that we use them because they are useful, but not because they are true.