The Tyranny of Structurelessness (1970)
There are relatively few things I've read that I can definitively point to as having almost instantly changed my mind on something. This is one of them. Reading often offers a broader understanding or different perspective, but seldom a sudden flash on insight.<p>Others short reads that have changed my mind in that way include:<p>- "The Inner Ring" by CS Lewis (<a href="https://www.lewissociety.org/innerring/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.lewissociety.org/innerring/</a>)<p>- "On Photography" by Susan Sontag (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Photography-Susan-Sontag/dp/0312420099" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/Photography-Susan-Sontag/dp/031242009...</a>)<p>- "Black Souls in White Skins?" by Steve Biko (as far as I can see only widely available as part of the Collection "I write what I like")<p>- "The Two Cultures" by CP Snow (<a href="https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs_5110/snow_1959.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/students/envs_5110/snow_1...</a>) (This one is a lot like Freeman's in that many summaries seem to completely misunderstand the argument it is making, and many people assume it says something it doesn't).<p>- "Ironies of Automation" by Lisanne Bainbridge (<a href="https://ckrybus.com/static/papers/Bainbridge_1983_Automatica.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://ckrybus.com/static/papers/Bainbridge_1983_Automatica...</a>)<p>- "Risk Management in a Dynamic Society" by Jens Rasmussen (<a href="http://sunnyday.mit.edu/16.863/rasmussen-safetyscience.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://sunnyday.mit.edu/16.863/rasmussen-safetyscience.pdf</a>). If you read nothing else, check out Figure 3.