It would be good to be able to say that we should dispense with visions entirely, and deal only with reality. But that maybe the most utopian vision of all. Reality is far too complex to be comprehended by any given mind. Visions are like maps that guide us through a tangle of bewildering complexities. Like maps, visions have to leave out many concrete features in order to enable us to focus on a few key paths to our goals. Visions are indispensable—but dangerous, precisely to the extent that we confuse them with reality itself.
-Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
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