“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.“ —Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Honestly, it's hard to imagine giving this even as extremely metaphorical advice. What would a reasonable version be? If you want to build a ship, start by building a small one fast with a small group of people.
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Then and now: if you want to build a ship, you're a rich, white man.
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I think its more of the persuasion vs convincing mindset
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Can we replace "If you want to build a ship" with "if you want to sail the ocean"
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Counterpoint: Also, don't lose focus of the ship and end up with a lot of rafts.
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“don’t build a computer, contemplate the endless potential of human creativity if intelligence is no longer a barrier”
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It can be a metaphor for the letting the market do its work vs the state working on things directly. To combat global warming the state can spend money researching alternate energy sources, or it can collect carbon taxes so the market "longs" for other energy sources.
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“If you want to build a startup accelerator, don’t offer office space and funding to potential founders. Write a bunch of essays about how starting a startup is fantastic.” ;)
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Or both!
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It’s a weird quote coming from a notoriously terrible pilot living in an era where the greatest advancements in aviation were driven by war and tactical advantage over adversaries.
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