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A microscope flipped inside out, built to see the forest instead of obsessing over leaves.
means A conceptual or actual instrument for grasping huge, complex systems by zooming out rather than in.
from Coined from Greek makros (large) plus skopein (to look), deliberately mirroring microscope to invert the gaze toward the vast.
Sci-fi seedPiers Anthony built a 1969 novel around one.
PopularizedJoel de Rosnay's 1975 book made it a method.
Modern useNames data tools for visualizing planet-scale systems.