Robin, if you say that's true in economics too, then this is probably a full-blown Standard Iconoclast Failure Mode.

I wonder if the situation in computer programming is just an especially good illustration of it, because the programmer actually does have to reimpose order somehow afterward - you get to see the structure lost, the tarpit, and the effort. Brooks wrote real programs in his expanded design space and even made a buck off it, so we should much more strongly criticize someone who merely advocates "non-equilibrium economics" without saying which kind of disequilibrium.