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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @hn OP 24 Feb
This link was posted by walterbell 1 hour ago on HN. It received 105 points and 72 comments.
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126 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 24 Feb
It's also good to think about jobs in this regard.
Some jobs try to solve problems that would make them obsolete.
Physicians should heal you but if you're healed, you don't need them anymore.
Teachers should help you to learn stuff (or better: help you how to learn stuff yourself) but when you learned stuff or even learned how to learn stuff on your own, you don't need them anymore.
Programmers should write code to automate stuff and replace humans but the code they write might replace themselves and then you don't need them anymore.
Are there more examples?
There are nuances to this but I left them out for simplicity. Finding the nuances are left as an exercise to the reader lol
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390 sats \ 0 replies \ @jgbtc 24 Feb
There are days when I look forward to when my job is obsolete. I like to remind myself: I was looking for a job when I got this one, and I'll be looking for a job when I leave. Always be thinking about your next gig.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ge 24 Feb
Why cure something when u can treat it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Atreus 24 Feb
I was aware of the Shirky Principle in principle, but had never heard it expressed in such a rhetorically pleasant way. Zaps a lot for sharing 🫡
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @026180d3a3 24 Feb
And then try to convince people they are the solution.
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