This seems absolutely right on a systemic basis.

[michaelc@scholar.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/116120589796725955

This seems absolutely right on a systemic basis. And I might even wrap a couple of societal things around it that keep this system in place: beliefs that busy=valuable, tech > people, quick and simple and flawed answers > expert answers. These things keep people *using* the half-assed product that doesn't do anything longer than they would otherwise.

[eldritch48@mastodon.social]

@michaelc We're not going to fix anything until Wall St. burns to the ground.

[michaelc@scholar.social]

@eldritch48 Maybe. I don't deny that that's one significant path forward to something new and maybe even better. I just worry that there aren't enough good alternative ways to get people's needs met now if it does in the near term, but something really needs to change quickly.

That's one of the reasons I focus more on building alternatives than tearing down the current structures. I want there to be more than rubble left afterwards.