While playing around with the new rules metaphor, I realized it’s also time to replace one of my favorites: Stack the Deck in Favor of the Good Guys. I really like juxtaposing stacking the deck with good guys. But there’s a problem with that metaphor — control.
According to Wikipedia:
The term originated from the magician’s gimmick of “stacking the deck”, which involves presenting a deck of cards that appears to have been randomly shuffled but which is, in fact, arranged in a preconceived order. The magician knows the order and so is able to control the outcome of the trick; the audience is unaware of the gimmick. In poker a deck can be ’stacked’ so certain hands are dealt to certain players.
The problem is, you can’t control the economy. Sure, there are small pieces of the economy where you can at least temporarily control the outcome. But as a metaphor to build a model around, it implies way too much control.
Oh well. Time to look for a new metaphor.
