We misjudge the nature of reality. Facts, processes, histories, developments, stories, we see them all as progressing in neat straight lines. We imagine sequences of elements, events and considerations occurring in a well-mannered series of things that follow inevitably into one another. Reality, however, is more amorphous cloud or chaotic canopy of branches than a train on metal rails. So our understandings vary from the over-simplified to the down-right false. This proves to be a very limiting factor when we are called upon to plan for events, design processes or execute tasks that are not precisely covered by the scope of our past learning.
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