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I was looking for a solution to the problem posed but found none.

pastacacioepepe 4y ago
It's an analysis and I find the comparison with The Wire quite interesting. There is no rule or law requiring a solution to be proposed with every analysis of a complex problem.
- spaetzleesser 4y ago
  "There is no rule or law requiring a solution to be proposed with every analysis of a complex problem." Exactly. I much prefer a good analysis without a proposed solution.
cjcenizal 4y ago
Hi, author here! I wish I had a solution to this problem! The idealistic side of me wants everyone to "think critically". Of course if all humans were critical about the decisions they made and their effects on the systems around them (organizations, society, environment), we probably wouldn't have wars and global warming. So that won't scale beyond the individual, which might be acceptable from a Stoic perspective but I doubt that's the solution you're looking for. Oren Ellenborgen shared my post in today's edition of Software Lead Weekly [1], and in his summary of the post he suggests using Key Failure Indicators (KFIs) to counterbalance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). From what I understand, the idea is that you observe metrics of success but you also observe metrics of health, and take action if the former starts degrading the latter. For example, if you want to deliver features more quickly, you might measure the time between a change is submitted for review and the time it's deployed. But if you're concerned that this could degrade quality, you could also measure the number of defects that are identified. If defects increase as delivery time decreases, this indicates the success metric is causing some undesirable behavior. Hope this helps. [1] https://softwareleadweekly.com/issues/513 https://softwareleadweekly.com/issues/513
- dredmorbius 4y ago
  You might care to listen to David Simon's own take on statistics and measurement: <https://yewtu.be/watch?v=nRt46W3k-qw https://yewtu.be/watch?v=nRt46W3k-qw>
inquist 4y ago
Strive to clarify fundamental goals. Consider possible second-order effects of policy decisions. Reevaluate intermediate goals after observing their effects.
kashkhan 4y ago
The system of employment is the problem. Drug dealers and police are employees and they cannot win. While the system has power employees have none. Mike, Bubbles, Bunny, Omar, Hauk, etc are not employees or get out and they win or at least get out to live their own lives as they want. Independent Entrepreneurship is the only way out. It may not work, but you have a chance,
- lupire 4y ago
  Bubbles is a desperate addict. Omar is dead before 40 and was hiding his sexuality. These are not successful lives.
  - kashkhan 4y ago
    Everyone dies. Better to live free and die young then have a long life as a slave.
    - MichaelCollins 4y ago
      All addicts are slaves. Don't glorify it.
      - kashkhan 4y ago
        better an addict than a slave to another man.
        MichaelCollins 4y ago
        I assure you, it is better to be a housed and healthy 'wage slave' than a homeless heroin addict.
- woodruffw 4y ago
  There are many valid interpretations of The Wire's themes, but I dare to suggest that "hustle grindset" is not one of them.

It's an analysis and I find the comparison with The Wire quite interesting. There is no rule or law requiring a solution to be proposed with every analysis of a complex problem.

spaetzleesser 4y ago
"There is no rule or law requiring a solution to be proposed with every analysis of a complex problem." Exactly. I much prefer a good analysis without a proposed solution.

cjcenizal 4y ago

Hi, author here! I wish I had a solution to this problem! The idealistic side of me wants everyone to "think critically". Of course if all humans were critical about the decisions they made and their effects on the systems around them (organizations, society, environment), we probably wouldn't have wars and global warming. So that won't scale beyond the individual, which might be acceptable from a Stoic perspective but I doubt that's the solution you're looking for. Oren Ellenborgen shared my post in today's edition of Software Lead Weekly [1], and in his summary of the post he suggests using Key Failure Indicators (KFIs) to counterbalance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). From what I understand, the idea is that you observe metrics of success but you also observe metrics of health, and take action if the former starts degrading the latter. For example, if you want to deliver features more quickly, you might measure the time between a change is submitted for review and the time it's deployed. But if you're concerned that this could degrade quality, you could also measure the number of defects that are identified. If defects increase as delivery time decreases, this indicates the success metric is causing some undesirable behavior. Hope this helps. [1] https://softwareleadweekly.com/issues/513 https://softwareleadweekly.com/issues/513

dredmorbius 4y ago
You might care to listen to David Simon's own take on statistics and measurement: <https://yewtu.be/watch?v=nRt46W3k-qw https://yewtu.be/watch?v=nRt46W3k-qw>

inquist 4y ago

Strive to clarify fundamental goals. Consider possible second-order effects of policy decisions. Reevaluate intermediate goals after observing their effects.

kashkhan 4y ago

The system of employment is the problem. Drug dealers and police are employees and they cannot win. While the system has power employees have none. Mike, Bubbles, Bunny, Omar, Hauk, etc are not employees or get out and they win or at least get out to live their own lives as they want. Independent Entrepreneurship is the only way out. It may not work, but you have a chance,

lupire 4y ago
Bubbles is a desperate addict. Omar is dead before 40 and was hiding his sexuality. These are not successful lives.
- kashkhan 4y ago
  Everyone dies. Better to live free and die young then have a long life as a slave.
  - MichaelCollins 4y ago
    All addicts are slaves. Don't glorify it.
    - kashkhan 4y ago
      better an addict than a slave to another man.
      - MichaelCollins 4y ago
        I assure you, it is better to be a housed and healthy 'wage slave' than a homeless heroin addict.
woodruffw 4y ago
There are many valid interpretations of The Wire's themes, but I dare to suggest that "hustle grindset" is not one of them.