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--- fixing_the_world_one_bug_at_a_time [2024/04/17 09:30] – fuldadmin
+++ fixing_the_world_one_bug_at_a_time [2026/09/16 08:05] (current) – add link to article on [[how to stay sane while choosing what not to do]] fuldadmin
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 ====== The world is imperfect, so let's improve it ======
 > Fixing the world, one bug at a time…
-I used to have this as a status for over a decade on one of my messaging apps. I thought it was clever.
+I used to have that ☝️ as a status for over a decade on one of my messaging apps. I thought it was clever. It also summarises my raison d'etre quite well, I feel.
-I don't remember who taught me this principle first, but it's a life saver for me. I've heard it many times in different forms. Gramski worded it much better than I could:
+I don't remember who taught me the following principle first, but it's a life saver for me. I've heard it many times in different forms. Gramski worded it much better than I could:
 > [[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08935696.2019.1577616|Pessimism of intellect, optimism of the will]]
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   * [[Societal collapse]]
-These are huge problems, so I'll work on separate pages for them in the future, splitting them up into doable and actionable improvements from a first person pov to keep it useful to little old me. The confounding meta-problem is that all these big problems are also interrelated, making it almost impossible to wrap my head around them. Aside from splitting off goals and tasks, I also see value in generalizing problems to find [[generally helpful behavior]] I can emulate.
+These are huge problems, so I'll work on separate pages for them in the future, splitting them up into doable and actionable improvements from a first person pov to keep it useful to little old me. I have only a limited time and limited capabilities to apply to these problems, so it is essential to understand [[how to stay sane while choosing what not to do]]
+The confounding meta-problem is that all these big problems are also interrelated, making it almost impossible to wrap my head around them. Aside from splitting off goals and tasks, I also see value in generalizing problems to find [[generally helpful behavior]] I can emulate.