ordinarily miss or would perceive only after long study and reflection.” His term for this is coup d’oeil, or an “inward eye.”40 It’s what Machiavelli meant by “sketching”—conveying complexity usably.41 Complexity fully rendered would take too long and contain too much, thereby entangling judgment. Complexity as what you want or expect would only confirm what you think you know. You need something in between.
