I'm trying to figure out why I get so annoyed at the word "actionable" when used in a sentence with visualization. like "does this visualization generate actionable insights?" fuck off!
Right! And it can be quite costly, cognitively, to switch between the abstract/concrete levels at every step. Like asking to stop and examine the I/O (and consequences!) at every step when you're trying to hold a large, unwieldy system in your mind.