Paraphrasing: “My model was right up until… so it was pretty good.”
I would not draw any of the conclusions the author did. This 3 variable growth and decay model has nothing to do with what happened.
COVID was a good example to me of a “nerd trap” all these simulators, mapping tools, exponential graphs got built. Having access to data can give one an illusion of understanding or at least a distraction from what matters.
Agree; there is little evidence these simulators did much beyond occupy people’s time for a while. I remember around 2022 in my Systems Engineering Masters someone wrote a similar simulator. I suppose it was inspired by this. It was a simulator that tried to simulate how infection spread in a cubicle setting.
There is one positive thing despite RTO becoming a thing and that is remote work became more recognized even if its trending more hybrid.
I would not draw any of the conclusions the author did. This 3 variable growth and decay model has nothing to do with what happened.
COVID was a good example to me of a “nerd trap” all these simulators, mapping tools, exponential graphs got built. Having access to data can give one an illusion of understanding or at least a distraction from what matters.