{"id":59585,"date":"2018-06-18T04:11:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T04:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=59585"},"modified":"2018-06-18T04:16:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T04:16:04","slug":"unintended-consequences-the-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=59585","title":{"rendered":"Unintended consequences, the collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; what you don&#8217;t see can blindside you ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unintended consequences<\/strong> are the clearest indicators we have of just how much more complex the world is than we imagine it to be. They are therefore of great interest.<\/p>\n<p>A short while back, <strong>WaPo <\/strong>had a piece that overtly referenced <strong>unintended consequences<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/classic-apps\/unintended-consequences-inside-the-fallout-of-americas-crackdown-on-opioids\/2018\/05\/31\/1c35d79c-52e4-11e8-a551-5b648abe29ef_story.html\">Unintended consequences: Inside the fallout of America\u2019s crackdown on opioids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to take that as the starting point for another of my collections. When I find a clear case of an <strong>unintended cnsequence<\/strong>, I&#8217;ll add it to this post or in the comments session..<\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>One major group of <strong>unintended consequences<\/strong> news items clusttered around the revision of <strong>redistricting <\/strong>rules in an attempt (at least purportedly) to curb the abuse of partisan power in <strong>gerrymandering<\/strong>, an ancient American political tradition practiced by both (all?) partties &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overby &#038; Cosgrove<\/strong>&#8216;s 1996 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/10.2307\/2960239\">Unintended Consequences? Racial Redistricting and the Representation of Minority Interests<\/a> would appear to be a much quoted starting point, followed by Rose Institute&#8217;s 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/roseinstitute.org\/204-2\/\">Unintended Consequences of Texas Gerrymandering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the general principle is evident:  <strong>course corrections<\/strong> don&#8217;t always set you back on track &#8212; or as the <strong>Taoist fellow<\/strong> might say, any map you can draw is liable to lead you astray &#8212; maps are fallible wrt terrain, wrt reality!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case in point:<\/strong> The meandering path of the Mississippi, now here, now there &#8212; with oxbows!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meander-mississippi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"709\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meander-mississippi.png 499w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/meander-mississippi-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Travelers, mappers and modelers, beware!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and BTW, I woke from the anaesthetic that accompanied my triple heart bypass to find.. <strong>Trump <\/strong>was president. That consequence was unintended by me at least, no matter hwat Mr <strong>Putin <\/strong>may have decided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; what you don&#8217;t see can blindside you ] . Unintended consequences are the clearest indicators we have of just how much more complex the world is than we imagine it to be. They are therefore of great interest. 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