It's always the same Idealism vs Realism dichotomy. Thinkers and Doers. Design and Implementation. In order to achieve anything non-trivial, you need to aim a

It's always the same Idealism vs Realism dichotomy. Thinkers and Doers. Design and Implementation. In order to achieve anything non-trivial, you need to aim a step above. You need a direction, a vision that's bigger than what can be achieved in the short/medium term. My skill as an idealist/thinker/designer is to come up with pure, abstract, and consistent models. I try not to consider reality (the present) in order to keep my models pure. I try not to consider implementation details as this will introduce exceptions and inconsistencies that will weaken the model and dilute the vision. I come up with the what, not the how. Anyone who doesn't strictly adhere to these methods will ultimately produce mediocre and short-sighted models. Sadly, it seems like those people are often the ones whose models are adopted. We don't really care about living to see those visions become reality. We are selfless and do this out of moral duty. Even if things improve, we will inevitably remain unsatisfied with reality as we discover additional problems. We care about the process, not the result. The one thing we feel an urge to fix, is your ignorance. There is nothing worse than witnessing people being content with the way things are.