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Because infrastructural systems are mostly about nonmonetary benefits to people-their time, agency, comfort, and health-optimizing them for price, much less revenue and profit, misses these important aspects.
How Infrastructure Works
Deb Chachra
As a born and raised Brazilian, I witnessed this huge **getting things done** behavior no matter how much *gambiarra** one will need to do. And that was present in many of my life circles: family, friends, work, services.. you name it.
*Gambiarra* is a improvised way to solve things. It’s not intended to be a long-term solution, but it will be fast and cheap, making problems disappear for a while.
Shifting approaches: from an idea-driven to a problem-driven mindset.
Daniela Castro
Our smarter, richer betters (in Babel times, the king’s name was Nimrod) often preach the idea of a town square, a marketplace of ideas, a centralized hub of discourse and entertainment—and we listen. But when I go back and read Genesis, I hear God saying: “My children, I designed your brains to scale to 150 stable relationships. Anything beyond that is overclocking. You should all try Mastodon.”
God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter
Paul Ford
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