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The takeaway here is that our efforts aren't meaningless, just that they won't be noticed in the context of "the world". Progress on the grand scale isn't nece
by rileyphone 9y ago
The takeaway here is that our efforts aren't meaningless, just that they won't be noticed in the context of "the world". Progress on the grand scale isn't necessarily brought about by giants; their contributions, while having weight, are dubious in value. Focus is the most valuable thing, as some of the greatest influences in the average individuals life come from a source shared by few others (in the grand scale), whether it be a religious congregation, a nice barbeque joint, or this very forum.
- AstralStorm 9y agoMost important progress recently came from giant corporations promoting a thing. That thing was electricity, with electric lighting at the forefront. Second example was IBM and computing. (earlier than you probably think...) Next Intel and its manufacturing. Xerox was the corporation behind fast printing. Sony behind most of portable music and video recording... The Internet is the main counterexample. The otger counterexamples almost always used the effects of scale created by the previous giants. (Apple, Microsoft, Google or Facebook - using both reduced price internet, computer hardware and hole after dotcom boom.)