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You will not change the world with a web app. No one changes the world with a web app. Or an android app. Or an iPhone app. There's no need to lie. The advice
by sillysaurus3 13y ago
You will not change the world with a web app. No one changes the world with a web app. Or an android app. Or an iPhone app.
There's no need to lie. The advice is otherwise good.
The world is vast and has many places that need smart people. Find those places, adapt to what they need and start solving problems in the way you can
The world is built to exploit smart people. I personally think they should focus on themselves and stop caring what other people want out of them, but I don't know whether that'd be best.
- mkaziz 13y agoSmart people exploit the world, not the other way around
- sillysaurus3 13y agoHeh. Cunning people exploit the world. Smart people wind up working for cunning people.
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- debt 13y agoI don't think it's a lie. Most web apps will not change the world. As a community, I think we should be okay with that. Mike Judd was interviewed recently about Silicon Valley, his new show, and he remarks about the difference between Hollywood and the valley: Silicon Valley, more even now than when I was there, they’re always talking about how they’re making the world a better place. And maybe in some ways they are, but it’s just funny. Like the richest, most successful people in our business, in Hollywood — just picking an example, J.J. Abrams or [producer] Joel Silver — they’re like, you know, "I want to make really cool stuff. I love what I do." They’re not saying "I’m saving the world through my movies." While I don't think the comparison to Hollywood of all places is apt I do understand the spirit of what he's saying. Why can't we just enjoy what we do instead of kill ourselves trying so desperately to impress everybody else? Perhaps that fact alone is enough to lead to serious burnout. http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/14/5496482/mike-judge-silicon-valley-interview-sxsw-2014 http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/14/5496482/mike-judge-silicon...
- TheBiv 13y ago>You will not change the world with a web app. No one changes the world with a web app. Or an android app. Or an iPhone app. I would assume that the author meant that "you will not change the world with [only] a web app. No one changes the world with [only] a web app..."
- blindhippo 13y agoFair enough - that's a good amendment. My point is that no one will ever change the world with a bit of software. Software is not revolutionary. The processes it describes, and the people it influences, THOSE are what is revolutionary. The printing press was NOT revolutionary. It enabled revolution, sure, but the tool or the tech itself was not the important part in the grand scheme. Too much of what I see on this site focuses passion for the tech (which I am all for), mixed with blind ignorance for it's actual importance outside of the very narrow world that is Silicon Valley.