I don’t find the metaphor of “owners manual” very helpful. Who actually reads “owners manuals” anyway? We tend to try and figure out the gadgets for ourselves – and only turn to the “owners manual” when things go bad. Brian Mclaren has suggested that we look for more organic metaphors. You engage a machine differently from a living organism. When a toaster is broken, you can take it apart – reducing it to smaller parts – to get to the problem. But say a cat is sick – you can’t take away a limb without affecting the whole.

Keep up the good work!