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Going through the same journey and hitting 40 this year, I've learned problems are an illusion. It doesn't get systemically better. Nothing ever is really solve
by madrox 5y ago
Going through the same journey and hitting 40 this year, I've learned problems are an illusion. It doesn't get systemically better. Nothing ever is really solved, and the industry is constantly seeing an influx of people in their early 20s who think technology can solve all of our problems.
- lostlogin 5y agoSaid like someone who has gone deep down the hole, fixing the fix that made the fix work for the problem which solved the bad problem temporarily.
- pimlottc 5y agoI think that’s too pessimistic. Problems don’t get solved to the extent that they completely go away, but it is possible to make things better. That’s not to say we’re on a constant slope of monotonic improvement, but with effort and patience, progress can and does get made. And we need those new crops of fresh-faced 20-year-olds to carry on the fight.
- madrox 5y agoI used to share this view, but bitter experience has taught me that people do not change in the aggregate. Individuals may change, but that doesn't affect society at large. There is virtue in expanding knowledge and abilities, such as improving the mortality rate or getting us to the moon, but without a corresponding improvement in societal ethics it's like handing a child a knife. The systems and technologies we improve only increase the potential for chaos like chekov's gun waiting to go off. That's been true throughout history and the last several decades are no different.