Guides and Guidance: A “Luddite” view of guidance

Luddite (noun)—a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment. (OUP, 2010)

Are guidance documents an unalloyed boon to reservoir engineers? This paper will consider whether the reservoir community's current addiction to guidance is helpful or not. Does guidance improve public safety? Does working within an ever widening network of guidance make reservoir engineering an attractive choice for talented young engineers?

Provoke (verb)—make angry; arouse action; produce a reaction or effect (OUP, 2010)