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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5877550" data-attributes="member: 54877">I'm sure that happens.&nbsp; Don't make the opposite mistake and assume that everyone with those kind of objections isn't basing their conclusions on study of the system, lots of experience, and actual play.&nbsp; &nbsp;They can push systemization too far, and in fact, always have, also right from the very beginning.&nbsp; It wouldn't have made much sense to make an old library card catalog 10 times as large per title, and redundantly set up with four different sets for cross referencing.&nbsp; It also wouldn't have made sense to toss all the books into a warehouse in a pile and simply chunk the catalog.&nbsp; And it wouldn't have worked very well to let each library make up their own ad hoc system, even though that would have been infinitely better than the warehouse option.&nbsp;Part of good systemization is recognizing the essential nature of what is being systemized.&nbsp; And part of that recognition is the boundaries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5877550, member: 54877"] I'm sure that happens. Don't make the opposite mistake and assume that everyone with those kind of objections isn't basing their conclusions on study of the system, lots of experience, and actual play. They can push systemization too far, and in fact, always have, also right from the very beginning. It wouldn't have made much sense to make an old library card catalog 10 times as large per title, and redundantly set up with four different sets for cross referencing. It also wouldn't have made sense to toss all the books into a warehouse in a pile and simply chunk the catalog. And it wouldn't have worked very well to let each library make up their own ad hoc system, [B]even though[/B] that would have been infinitely better than the warehouse option. Part of good systemization is recognizing the essential nature of what is being systemized. And part of that recognition is the boundaries. [/QUOTE]

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