alt Hacker NewsBased on my experience on the fundraising side, I'm inclined to agree with your perspective. One small nit to pick: I think policy changes can happen. However, it's hard for me to imagine meaningful change occurring before a catastrophic event. How big would the blast radius be? Obviously no one knows, but I hope it's closer in scope to "The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank" as opposed to "The Collapse of Lehman Brothers".
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bix6 • today at 6:57 PM
I don’t really have hope because big money controls politics. Everything gets steered towards capital’s interest instead of humanity’s.
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watwut • today at 7:01 PM
Apparently The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is not enough to force change.
The Collapse of Lehman Brothers is also not enough for long term change, also apparently.
I don’t think collapse is by itself a good predictor of change. People in collapse just bow easier. Change of this scale unfortunately comes from terminal and collective despair. Let’s not rule out either normal change, not every marginal action needs to make things worse. The system might have enough variation still to turn around. In short, despair or its anticipation are not optimal strategies.