No, it’s pretty clear that the author intends this to be a real-world lesson. It’s a recurring theme in the Sequences.
I think Eli was disagreeing with the naive application of that lesson to real-world situations, especially ones where established systems are functional.
That said, I don’t want to put words in Eli’s mouth, so I’ll say instead that I was disagreeing in that way when I said something similar above.
No, it’s pretty clear that the author intends this to be a real-world lesson. It’s a recurring theme in the Sequences.
I think Eli was disagreeing with the naive application of that lesson to real-world situations, especially ones where established systems are functional.
That said, I don’t want to put words in Eli’s mouth, so I’ll say instead that I was disagreeing in that way when I said something similar above.