That is indeed one of the weaknesses of the “miscellaneous†metaphor. A truly miscellaneous pile consists of things with no significant likenesses (outside of their all belong within a particular domain – your kitchen miscellaneous drawers contains items that belong in a kitchen and that fit in a drawer). The miscellaneous as I use the term consists of a pile ever richer with relationships. That disanalogy between the usual use of the term and mine (along with the inclusion of the word “disorder†in the subtitle) have understandably led some to think that the book advocates chaos. Actually, I’m enthusiastic about exactly the opposite: The development of an infrastructure super-saturated with meaning.
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