Labeling things helps us cope and reduce uncertainty by making the complex world more manageable. Embracing uncertainty is crucial as it is inevitable, despite humans generally disliking uncertainty due to the anxiety it brings. People often have binary reactions to uncertainty, either overly optimistic or fatalistic. Understanding that systems are more than the sum of their parts is key, as fixing parts of a system does not fix the whole in the way one might fix a machine, leading to more complex issues over time. To navigate uncertainty effectively, one must acknowledge the interconnected complexity of living systems and embrace humility and ambiguity in processing information.

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