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DESCRIPTION: \n "Models mess with you. They impose a distinct perspective\,
  and a set of\nrules for operating within them. They frame how you look at
  your\nproblem. And you’re usually not aware of this perspective and fra
 ming." \n \n\n  \nNext up in our Papers in Systems discussion series: Crit
 ically Engaging with Models\, by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Mathias Verraes \
 n\n When: Monday\, October 6th\, 2025\, 1 PM - 2 PM Eastern Time (US/Canad
 a). The Zoom room will remain open until 2:30 PM for informal discussion. 
 (Check time in your time zone) \n\n We are very excited that Rebecca Wirfs
 -Brock will lead this discussion. Rebecca's work has informed our field fo
 r decades\, and includes influential books: Object Design: Roles\, Respons
 ibilities\, and Collaborations (2002) and Designing Object-Oriented Softwa
 re (1996) as well as Design and Reality: Essays on Software Design (with M
 athias Verraes). \n\n The paper is on Rebecca Wirfs-Brock's site: https://
 wirfs-brock.com/rebecca/blog/2022/09/20/critically-engaging-with-models/\n
   \n\n Abstract \n\n Models\, whether for a software system\, a developmen
 t process\, diseases\, political systems\, or otherwise\, are a way to loo
 k at (a part of) the world. They are a powerful lens for perceiving a subj
 ect\, and we should be deliberate when wielding them. They make a choice a
 bout what is important\, what categories we classify things in\, what we s
 ee\, what’s invisible\, what’s valued\, or even what’s valid. Models
  impose a distinct perspective and a set of rules for operating within the
 m. They are reductionist\, in that they only show a selection of the subje
 ct they’re describing. And they are biased: They implicitly reflect the 
 assumptions\, constraints\, and values of the model’s author. \n\n With 
 many of the models we acquire throughout our lives\, we only engage superf
 icially\, and that’s fine. We absorb and assimilate a lot of things with
 out ever deeply engaging with them. This happens when\, for example\, you
 ’re being onboarded at a new employer\, and you simply learn their opera
 ting models for doing things in certain ways. The same goes when you’re 
 given some design specifications and implement them as stated. And as a st
 udent\, you’re usually expected to learn and adopt the models you are ta
 ught. \n\n But when we’re trying to achieve something important\, we nee
 d to take a more critical view. After learning of a new model\, we need to
  decide whether we want to put it to work to help solve our problem. We ne
 ed to engage more deeply with that model before we decide to commit to it.
  \n
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