Arguing that things are impossible is, along with pessimism and doomerism, a cheap low effort way to look smart and profound. It’s much easier than actually doi

Arguing that things are impossible is, along with pessimism and doomerism, a cheap low effort way to look smart and profound. It’s much easier than actually doing anything and since doing things is hard and often fails it sets you up to say “ha ha told you so.” Same thing applies to social criticism. Criticism is easy and makes you look wise. Improving society is incredibly hard and since it’s so hard you often fail and look foolish. All advancement depends on people who don’t care if they look dumb or foolish.