Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We’ve come far, and have further to go!

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    1 year ago

    The real problem with ignoring progress we’ve made is that it gives the false impression that what we’re doing is worthless, leading to demands to tear down everything we’re doing.

    People are constantly clamoring to replace our systems with new ones “that actually work”. This is a result of being blind to the ways our current system works.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not arguing for good enough. You’re framing this as a false dichotomy between completely ignoring all the accomplishments of past generations and all the valuable aspects of our current system, and completely giving up.

        What we can do is decide to recognize that parts of our current system work really well, and stop always talking about trying to uproot what we have and replace it.