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No one has a choice, either born in US or Western Sahara. Hard to accept, but this is reality. Only most people think they have the illusion they have, but this
by Leander_B 13y ago
No one has a choice, either born in US or Western Sahara. Hard to accept, but this is reality. Only most people think they have the illusion they have, but this is false. Even Bukowski is trapped, still needs to work/money for food and to live. Yes, he does what he wants, or has the illusion as I said above.
And a big grin at the people saying we working in tech can make a difference. Creating a new social photo sharing app is not changing the world. Get real.
As a trapped life, the closest you can do to live happy is to do as much what you want (again coming back to the above) while living in the system. And yes, working in tech gives yoy higher chances to live how and where you want, but it stops there.
The only way to escape is living separate, somewhere deep down a rainforest. But then what, die from a snake bite or die from fever. Sounds better, no?
- telephonetemp 13y ago> Creating a new social photo sharing app is not changing the world. Get real. What about a medical start-up or one to do with education?
- Leander_B 13y agoDefinitely! I am a big fan myself of Kiva and charity:water. Just saying that a lot of (tech) people have different perceptions of how exactly technology can make an impact. Unfortunately the scale between charity and money driven startups is not exactly well balanced. So lets not praise ourselves too much..
- king_jester 13y agoThings like Kiva and charity:water do their work in the same systems as the employees of companies do, so while they do things to help others I wouldn't exactly say they are changing the world. It's more like they propagate the world they live in to others, which has its upsides and downsides.