I wrote this in December but it seems particularly relevant now. You don't have to choose between right and left. http://paulgraham.com/mod.html
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It's similar to a projection from a higher-dimentional space onto a measly 2-dimentional grid. A lot of information is lost in the process.
That is exactly how I think of the situation, but I didn't use that metaphor in the essay because some people wouldn't have been able to understand it.
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Don't mistake avoiding unnecessary technicalities for dumbing down ideas.
End of conversation
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