Jan Wildeboer 😷
Both-sideing in the media started in the tech world, where since 30 years every time you say "I use $SOFTWARE and here's how and why", it immediately attracts the "yes, but" crowd, promoting their supposed alternatives, blaming you for being on the wrong side of history, making sure that no person new to the field can ever decide what to do and use next. I call it Choice Paralysis. #SarcasmButOnlyHalf
Jörn Franke@jwildeboer I think this is the result of "solutionism" in many enterprises. Just come up with new solution - do not think about what you need now and what you need in the future. Do not think about what problems you solve. This creates a huge technical debt which brings a lot of work for IT, but not much for users or for the greater good.
@jornfranke And I would go the next step and claim that this "solutionism" is mostly ego-boosting, self aggrandising behaviour. The opposite of consensus-finding, what we should really focus on. But I won't give up hoping that we can remove ego from the equation and focus on Good Enoughâ„¢ that actually solves problems and lets us move on instead of all that wasteful infighting :)