Abstraction and Idealization

• abstraction: omit details of real world situation
• idealization: change aspects of real world situation

risks of inclusion and exclusion

• inclusion: you will have lots of information collected about you, privacy concerns, etc.
• exclusion: you will have less voice heard, you needs may not be measured / accounted for, actions may be taken to make you more legible

perpetuating cycle

1. broad simplification
2. failed solution translation to be incorporated
3. downstream injusticet'

incommesurability

lacking a common measure of value (what is “more than” / “less than” / “better than”) etc.

tame problems / wicked problems

tame problems

1. trackable to formalize
2. solutions are evident / can be solved

wicked problems

1. no formal definition and no stopping rule (i.e. of when the problem is solved)
2. solutions are not true/false, but will be good/bad (i.e. results are hard to measure)
3. every solution changes the state of the world (i.e. every solution attempt costs a lot)