Obscuring complexity

Here’s a great quote from The Logic of Failure on obscuring complexity.

By labeling a bundle of problems with a single conceptual label, we make dealing with that problem easier — provided we’re not interested in solving it. … A simple label can’t make the complex nature of the problem go away, but it can so obscure complexity that we lose sight of it. And that, of course, we find a great relief.

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