There is a tendency among many younger people to take too much for granted, and not to understand the complexity and organizing effort needed to accomplish it.
As an example. some want a all-renewable energy world, so they figure that you just have to ban fossil fuels (and nuclear). Then somebody else is supposed to create the new world they want, like the midnight elves helping the cobbler. Don't bother their heads with pragmatic tradeoffs, investments, schedules, materials availability, demand/load balancing with intermittant source, etc. And in particular, just expect the scientists and engineers to do their nerd magic and make it happen. But this should all happen without much inconvenience to them.
And the people and corporations need to build all this should just do all this work, and take all the risks, for the good of society (ie: as a gift to the person expecting all this) without expecting a filthy profit like capitalist pigs.
I actually sympathize with the younger folks; they didn't create the current cultural climate, they didn't raise or educate themselves - they got their knowledge, culture, expectations from others. And they are getting a raw deal in some ways compared to other generations (and a better deal in others). I'm not trying to frame this as a moral failing.
However, even without moral judgementalism, there is still a problem when people get too disconnected from the means by which their society maintains itself. If you don't understand enough, your politics can ambitiously try to radically remodel society, without understanding why it's a bad idea to just tear down a load bearing wall to open up some more room. Reform and improvement is great, but it has to be build incrementally on a solid foundation - not willy nilly like a fantasy game.
Your example project that seems to come together magically fast is a good illustration, Thanks.
Good thoughts, and on point.
There is a tendency among many younger people to take too much for granted, and not to understand the complexity and organizing effort needed to accomplish it.
As an example. some want a all-renewable energy world, so they figure that you just have to ban fossil fuels (and nuclear). Then somebody else is supposed to create the new world they want, like the midnight elves helping the cobbler. Don't bother their heads with pragmatic tradeoffs, investments, schedules, materials availability, demand/load balancing with intermittant source, etc. And in particular, just expect the scientists and engineers to do their nerd magic and make it happen. But this should all happen without much inconvenience to them.
And the people and corporations need to build all this should just do all this work, and take all the risks, for the good of society (ie: as a gift to the person expecting all this) without expecting a filthy profit like capitalist pigs.
I actually sympathize with the younger folks; they didn't create the current cultural climate, they didn't raise or educate themselves - they got their knowledge, culture, expectations from others. And they are getting a raw deal in some ways compared to other generations (and a better deal in others). I'm not trying to frame this as a moral failing.
However, even without moral judgementalism, there is still a problem when people get too disconnected from the means by which their society maintains itself. If you don't understand enough, your politics can ambitiously try to radically remodel society, without understanding why it's a bad idea to just tear down a load bearing wall to open up some more room. Reform and improvement is great, but it has to be build incrementally on a solid foundation - not willy nilly like a fantasy game.
Your example project that seems to come together magically fast is a good illustration, Thanks.