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[mumbling] you could say, well, we lack resources. like what, in the absolute sense? no, there are resources in the world, but aren’t being directed here, Why? Communication issue? Negotiation issue? Lack leverage? persuasion problem? Psychology?
1. well-defined problems tend to get solved and we don’t even really think of them as problems [really? Are there well-defined problems that don’t get solved? well, this is the argument] if 1 is true, 2 is that we get stuck with poorly or wrongly defined problems
the most radical implication(s) here is that the way we talk about almost all of our problems is wrong and almost designed to perpetuate those problems rather than solve them if you’re not careful this can tip over into some very insulting “your problem isn’t real” territory
I’m trying to be careful with my proclamations here even as I’m sort of dithering with the words society is a web of threads of polite fictions, woven onto and across the branches of raw reality which we are not particularly wired to detect… security theater… cargo cults…
Problems persist because we THINK we understand them https://t.co/A9AEH0WdPh
if we admitted we don’t understand them, we would then have a shot at finding solutions it’s *thinking* that we understand a persistent problem that effectively disqualifies us from solving it I actually recommend substituting in gibberish words to shake up your thinking: https://t.co/Nz13m4XBFp
Previous thread of threads on this https://t.co/jZuQSJ7uFW
@visakanv Yes, though that sort of implies willingness and ability of all parties. But it's a useful framing, and it seems our means of human coordination are quite poor. I made a sort of tech art piece about this, the World Improvement Server https://t.co/0uOsNOnyTS