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Yeah, how dare someone volunteer to solve a problem!

by thinking4real 4y ago

willcipriano 4y ago
A modest proposal: What if someone took it upon themselves to take similar steps to solve the homeless problem?
- deleted 4y ago
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- naasking 4y ago
  > A modest proposal: What if someone took it upon themselves to take similar steps to solve the homeless problem? Humans require this tricky thing called "consent" that doesn't apply to cats.
  - willcipriano 4y ago
    Yeah but what are a few "laws" when you are solving a problem! The solution to bad laws isn't to not charge people who get lucky enough to get media attention, it's to change the law.
    - naasking 4y ago
      > The solution to bad laws isn't to not charge people who get lucky enough to get media attention, it's to change the law. I disagree. Prosecutors have discretion over whether to prosecute for exactly these situations. You can do both.
- jdmtheNth 4y ago
  Easy way to solve the homeless problem. Divide them into two groups. Feed group A to group B. Repeat until there's only one fat, happy homeless person.
hnbad 4y ago
Frankly it seems entirely plausible the government might intentionally punish them for solving a problem they couldn't solve. I know someone who works at a company that used to be government-run until it was privatized and still internally operates along the same structures. Because there is little incentive to fundamentally change things, new ideas must always come from the top. People in the lower ranks are not just not incentivized to come up with new ideas, any new ideas that may be successful enough will be shot down and buried. The only way to implement new ideas without climbing the ranks yourself is to make your superiors believe it is their idea and allow them to claim the laurels if you succeed. In other words: you can't just go out and do things. There is a process. And the process is more important than the effect, even if that process is defunct or fails to achieve the outcome.

Yeah, how dare someone volunteer to solve a problem!

willcipriano 4y ago

A modest proposal: What if someone took it upon themselves to take similar steps to solve the homeless problem?

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naasking 4y ago
> A modest proposal: What if someone took it upon themselves to take similar steps to solve the homeless problem? Humans require this tricky thing called "consent" that doesn't apply to cats.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  Yeah but what are a few "laws" when you are solving a problem! The solution to bad laws isn't to not charge people who get lucky enough to get media attention, it's to change the law.
  - naasking 4y ago
    > The solution to bad laws isn't to not charge people who get lucky enough to get media attention, it's to change the law. I disagree. Prosecutors have discretion over whether to prosecute for exactly these situations. You can do both.
jdmtheNth 4y ago
Easy way to solve the homeless problem. Divide them into two groups. Feed group A to group B. Repeat until there's only one fat, happy homeless person.

hnbad 4y ago

Frankly it seems entirely plausible the government might intentionally punish them for solving a problem they couldn't solve. I know someone who works at a company that used to be government-run until it was privatized and still internally operates along the same structures. Because there is little incentive to fundamentally change things, new ideas must always come from the top. People in the lower ranks are not just not incentivized to come up with new ideas, any new ideas that may be successful enough will be shot down and buried. The only way to implement new ideas without climbing the ranks yourself is to make your superiors believe it is their idea and allow them to claim the laurels if you succeed. In other words: you can't just go out and do things. There is a process. And the process is more important than the effect, even if that process is defunct or fails to achieve the outcome.