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I don't need utopia; I would be happy with just less stress, more support, and more free time. Stress is working over 55 hours a week. It's having bosses who w

by ap22213 10y ago

I don't need utopia; I would be happy with just less stress, more support, and more free time. Stress is working over 55 hours a week. It's having bosses who want impossible things faster. It's being overwhelmed with complexity and responsibility with little control. It's being compelled to continuously mask my personality, identity, and emotions. But, that's just me. I just want a safe, simple place to think about ideas and concepts and collaborate with other like-minded people whom I trust to build them into reality. The trust part is really important (and increasingly hard to find).

Chevooz4 10y ago
Low-cost living, outdoors and internet is accessible to everybody.
- ap22213 10y ago
  Sounds pretty easy!
drchickensalad 10y ago
Why is the trust increasingly hard to find?
ap22213 10y ago
As a side note, while capitalism has been great at allocating resources, is it really the best way? It seems like it over-allocates politicians, middle managers, bean counters, marketers, advertisers, record keepers, and market optimizers. (and, of course, all of the duplicated efforts) With billions of people networked together and with general understand of who the inventors, thinkers, leaders, and doers are, why can't we have something better? I'd pay $$$$$$$ if some of you brilliant people can figure that out.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  People treat economic systems like static things. They're not. Personally, I think capitalism was good, but is not good anymore. It has driven us to the era of plenty, of advanced technology, but its incentive system seems to be increasingly misaligned with the shared values of humanity - hence e.g. the misallocation you refer to. So, for instance, competing on merit was working for a long time - but it no longer does, hence great rise of marketing that exists to game the market into profits. Capitalism served us well, but it's time to move on.

by ap22213 10y ago

Chevooz4 10y ago

Low-cost living, outdoors and internet is accessible to everybody.

ap22213 10y ago
Sounds pretty easy!

drchickensalad 10y ago

Why is the trust increasingly hard to find?

ap22213 10y ago

As a side note, while capitalism has been great at allocating resources, is it really the best way? It seems like it over-allocates politicians, middle managers, bean counters, marketers, advertisers, record keepers, and market optimizers. (and, of course, all of the duplicated efforts) With billions of people networked together and with general understand of who the inventors, thinkers, leaders, and doers are, why can't we have something better? I'd pay $$$$$$$ if some of you brilliant people can figure that out.

TeMPOraL 10y ago
People treat economic systems like static things. They're not. Personally, I think capitalism was good, but is not good anymore. It has driven us to the era of plenty, of advanced technology, but its incentive system seems to be increasingly misaligned with the shared values of humanity - hence e.g. the misallocation you refer to. So, for instance, competing on merit was working for a long time - but it no longer does, hence great rise of marketing that exists to game the market into profits. Capitalism served us well, but it's time to move on.