On one hand I posit that engineers need to be motivated and incentivized to do things, but on the other I'm a staunch believer in mutualism and communities that work together for a greater good.
How do I reconcile the two, given that contradiction?
Because we live in an incredibly individualistic society in which power is unbalanced and concentrated the higher up you go.
So the choices are embracing idealism and what we _want_ the world to be versus confronting the world as it is today and engaging with it on those terms.
Systems of power are created over years and decades, is it any surprise they take as long if not more so to undo?
If you want change it's a long-haul, not a few posts and novel ideas.
I find I always trust people more with shovels doing the work than those complaining about the speed they're digging and the style with which they do so.
It does not mean we agree with it, but that if we truly want change it's going to involve a lot of work that is deeply uncomfortable over many years.
Heck, it took me the better part of a decade to even get traction on a few of my ideas back in Missouri, but perhaps all that work makes it easier for the next person to go even faster.
Brandon Weaver
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