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Except that solution cannot scale here. If most people with the ability to solve these issues chase after dollars, then there's fewer people actually working on
by KingMob 11y ago
Except that solution cannot scale here. If most people with the ability to solve these issues chase after dollars, then there's fewer people actually working on it.
Remember, there's no plan B for earth. We have to overcommit our resources to ensure success, since we won't get many "iterations" to find "product/market" fit.
- jerf 11y ago"If most people with the ability to solve these issues chase after dollars, then there's fewer people actually working on it." We just discussed someone who believes, probably correctly, that they have no personal ability to solve the problems. Few of these problems, if any, can be solved by any one person. Collective action is necessary. What's wrong with empowering the collective? If the approach of powering the collective doesn't work, give up, eat and drink for tomorrow we die, because it's the only thing that can work.
- LeifCarrotson 11y agoI disagree, that solution can scale very well. Specialization is at the core of how we live in such luxury compared to a few hundred years ago. A handful of well-funded, well-educated experts working as a career on a hard, expensive problem can be much more effective than hundreds of well-intentioned but uninformed people who put in a few hours and a few dollars here and there.