"The metacrisis" implies the need for a single "metasolution" that fixes everything. That's impossible; there are many, diverse practical problems that need diverse practical ameliorations. https://t.co/8kYYLM3lkO
David Chapmanx.com"The metacrisis" implies the need for a single "metasolution" that fixes everything. That's impossible; there are many, diverse practical problems that need diverse practical ameliorations. https://t.co/8kYYLM3lkO
The problem is that with all that knowledge, it is easy to get overconfident and to rush, simply listing the pressures and putting an intervention against each of them. Down that path lies madness. It is entirely possible for a single pressure to give rise to many interventions and equally possible for one intervention to satisfy many pressures.
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What’s more, a single solution is a complex, multi-faceted beast. It may address multiple problems at once, but in varying degrees of success. For example, Google Search helps you do your homework, find a restaurant, catch up on the latest news, shop for a new summer jumper. It does not achieve these things equally well