The builder’s first contribution - visibility
Intro - the builder's contribution As a follow-up to ‘ building a better lego brick ’ ( January 2021, huh… ), the last few years have offered me some noodling time on the problem of individuals swimming in the maelstrom of sociotechnical systemic forces. What can one do in the face of such systemic momentum? If everything is ultimately made up of unassailable systemic forces, what is an individual worker - the builder - to do? What’s my job, my contribution, my responsibility? Is there anything to aim for beyond the job description? When there are chronic problems that aren’t just going to go away, do we collapse in a heap and take up goat farming? While animal husbandry seems like an idyllic pursuit, most city by-laws prohibit such activities ( goats are fiends, anyways ). So if you are languishing in the doldrums of a day job, rather let’s talk about what you can do… and that is… contribute! No matter the state of the system we work in, it’s a foundational principle that ...