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Interesting metaphor. The difficult part in it is that there isn't just one store manager. There's not one person running the inventory system. We are all in th
by TheCraiggers 12y ago
Interesting metaphor. The difficult part in it is that there isn't just one store manager. There's not one person running the inventory system. We are all in those roles, while also being our own customers.
I have some ideas how I would correctly manage this store if I were in charge because I don't care about turning a profit. I just want to ensure that I and my family can go shopping there 5, 15, or 100 years later. However, I have no idea how I would manage a store when you have 7 billion other store managers. Some of which are seeking to turn a profit, some of which are looking to sell, some of which hate various sociopolitical groups and want them to disappear (and aren't afraid to break a few eggs to get their way), some of which just want to see it burn down for the laughs, some that just want to take the goods without paying, etc. Yes, obviously it's a training issue, but holy shit the sheer enormity of it all.
- snowwrestler 12y agoI think we could make some progress if more people internalized this idea, though. It seems like a lot of the objections to subjects like global warming, pollution reduction, species protection, wilderness protection, etc. boil down to assuming that there's no way we could hurt something as big as the whole world, so the problem must be made up.