This reminds me of Frédéric Bastiat and his essay "That Which is Seen, and That ...

alan-crowe on April 5, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Ou...

This reminds me of Frédéric Bastiat and his essay "That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen". Nicely formatted at http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html

The article notes that "It’s often easier to identify when people didn’t adequately consider the second and subsequent order impacts." That failure to consider the second order impacts is what Bastiat refers to as "That Which is Not Seen"

seleniumBubbles on April 5, 2019 [–]

That is such a fantastic article. It’s timeless: it was published in 1850, but it remains more relevant than ever.