There’s a throwaway line about not being able to empirically test the business strategy model as applied to Intel, but that’s kind of a key point. Ohm’s Law can be empirically validated, so we know we’re not vastly oversimplifying in modeling because it stands up under empirical test. Even if you thought this kind of analogization between the physical and human worlds was a good idea (and I very much don’t think that), the lack of sanity checking against empirical reality on the business strategy side stretches the analogy to a breaking point.

Look, the post is fine as far as it goes. If you want to tell a simple story, that’s fine. The problems start when you try to understand what’s actually happening in the real, chaotic world (like why Intel had a bad second quarter or why it laid off a bunch of people) with reference only to your too simple model.