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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 19
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      Complex systems are sometimes complex only because the cost of caring about them enough to figure them out is too high. Even people capable of nerding out over almost anything can’t find a rewarding pathway to caring. There is no learning curve that’s satisfying to climb.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 19
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      Like the railroad system is only somewhat less complex than the healthcare system but it offers a vastly more rewarding nerdgramming API. Build/collect models, learn to identify all the types of equipment, learn the history, etc. This pathway is much less fun for healthcare.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 19
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      I assume there’s at least a few healthcare nerds who build model hospitals, put pill photos in albums, and read insurance policies for “fun” but I doubt it’s a huge hobbyist subculture like railroads. If there’s a fun hobby there (not quantified self) I’m not seeing it

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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 19
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          By the law of variation and nerdtular selection, such systems will only grow uglier and less comprehensible over time. If you want to keep a system comprehensible and explainable as it evolves, maybe make it nerd-outable early on. Of course you usually want the opposite.

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 19
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          Being unseen like a state. So ugly nobody wants to look at it. Fully illegible.

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        4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 19
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          A complex system can only be properly nerdified when it stops evolving fast. It’s a sort of live embalming process. Or living taxidermy.

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        1. Viveka  🌳 🔋 🧬 🩸 विवेक‏ @viveka Sep 19
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          There are some working at @choiceaustralia and I assume places like @ConsumerReports and @WhichUK too

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        1. Dave Guarino‏ @allafarce Sep 19
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          Former health actuary here. I think this is weirdly more common than you say, but in some domains it becomes hidden. Lots of deep healthcare system nerds, but the culture of their domains is not to geek out in public like other areas.

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        1. Dominic Tarr‏ @dominictarr Sep 19
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          Another good example of nerdgramming is the flight hacker community. They call it "the hobby" and even have conferences.

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          A model hospital (simulating queueing with admissions and discharged, agenticly) was one of my comp questions. Everyone thought it was boring...

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