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Good god, as if "builder" was the only type of person that has value. Most "builders" are, if not constrained, like cancer cells. Unlimited consumption & growt
by groby_b 4y ago
Good god, as if "builder" was the only type of person that has value.
Most "builders" are, if not constrained, like cancer cells. Unlimited consumption & growth without a counterbalance. In order to justify their own existence, they need to continue to churn out things without concern of what they consume, what use their product has.
Maybe, just maybe, there's value in having different kinds of personalities - unchecked by itself, pretty much every tendency is ruinous.
- jason-phillips 4y agoPeople who produce things are cancer. Got it. Also, false dichotomy there saying a "responsible innovation" team is needed to limit the building of products with no use; that's a solved problem. We have markets for that.
- klyrs 4y agoThomas Midgley Jr. was an impressively prolific builder. Navigators are just as important as drivers. You need both, not either in exclusion.
- unicornhose 4y agoThe people who choose to build things (it's not a binary quality, everyone can build, some are better) are not taking moral responsibility for the things they are building. It is hurting society. What is to be done? That is the issue at the heart of this headline.