Oh dang, this gets at what I love about system theory. Lacking direct access to reality, we run constant speculative/ideological simulations of it in our heads and iterate each time it proves us wrong. Sims are fun because the ways they fail are our only direct contact with reality.
Misha
I wrote a SIMULATIONIST'S MANIFESTO for #manifestojam2026
ptychomancer.itch.io/simulationis...
