...But sometimes things can’t scale without changing. Care doesn’t really scale without becoming something else. Thinking about this has helped me reframe how I feel about things like parents looking after their children, things like my friends taking time to chat with me. It’s not that I cynically didn’t think those things were important; it’s just difficult to shake the sense that people, that I, should be doing bigger, better things.For care, though, it doesn’t get bigger and better. If your goal is to educate the world, you can look for ways to educate thousands or millions. If you want to inspire the world, the billions await. But if your goal is to care for the world, and in a given moment you’re deeply caring for one person, you’re doing the best it’s possible to do.There’s something oddly comforting about that.
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26 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 6 Nov
This quote is very true. We can do good in the world but it becomes something different at scale and unless we are recreating ourselves, ie. influencing others to do what we do it doesn't really scale. Not in the way many other things scale.
I think this is a fundamental flaw in socialism. Instead of seeking to socialize everything I believe we should set an example of caring and giving. When it becomes systematized not only does it become fraught with structural failures it loses its deep connection and human touch.
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