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> Knowing something is broken is a different skill than fixing it. This is a fair point. But I think many people saying "the system is broken" implicitly or ex
by munificent 5y ago
> Knowing something is broken is a different skill than fixing it.
This is a fair point. But I think many people saying "the system is broken" implicitly or explicitly advocate a fix by throwing out the entire system.
Those people often don't seem to realize that "no system" is a system too, and you need to compare that system's emergent behavior to the current system before you can make a wise choice.
- AlbertCory 5y agoExactly. It's fair to propose minor tweaks to a system while (implicitly) admitting that it's fine otherwise. It's quite something else to say "the system is broken" while having no idea whatsoever how some new system would avoid all those problems.