Paul GrahamVerified account

Dissatisfaction tends to lead to complacency more than action though. Perhaps it’s the difference between those that have life done to them vs. them doing life.

The primary driver is probably still curiosity

I think she probably is against complaining instead of doing something about it, but your comment is a nice corrective to a modern truism.

Of course complains are good, yet they are not the only spell. Some magics can happen with positive thinking , often when complains failed to do the trick

It's not just science, either. For example, when software engineers are dissatisfied with a system and say so, it often leads to implementing better solutions. The people who shrug and say that's just how it is and don't care aren't the ones who make it better.

Complaining can become a slippery slope for the person doing it, due to various forces.