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It looks like the discomfort of building was almost as strong as the discomfort of hearing the opposite view

Great thread. The internet makes it so easy to voice an opinion that it makes us forgret how hard it is to actually build, create and solve problems.

Change requires: DVB; Dissatisfaction, Vision, Build(ing). Most people remain stuck at the stage of expressing Dissatisfaction, it provides a temporary visceral release, like a pain-relief pill. Fewer people have the Vision. Builders are the rarest of all and the most valuable.

Perhaps the only work were it's *easier* to build than to critique is economic forecasting models It's challenging to critique something so seemingly intellectual, elegant and quantitative It's easy to build, given the boundless data at our disposal, and user-easy software

I’ve also been thinking that building is a good inoculation against conspiracy theories. When you realize how hard it is to build anything at all, you realize how absurd the amount of effort and coordination needed to pull off a wild conspiracy would be

Agreed. It’s the reason I tend to tune out sentences that start with “They should just...”.

Totally agree.. the arm chair strategists versus people connected and who actually run the business always have that reflected in terms of delivery on the strategy!!