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RE: So, You Want To Save The World? Okay, Let's Save The World!

in #ideas4 years ago

If you think about it: Is it really relevant to you whether I like your idea or the name for your website? For me it is not about convincing you of the opposite of "problem solving", I myself am a person who encounters problems every day, why should I be interested in not wanting to solve them for myself? This leads me to believe that what I consider to be my problems cannot be solved by you and so I conclude that I am also incapable of solving yours. For me, problems are primarily personal, they start with me and in my immediate environment.
So how would it be if everyone who makes up a problem starts with themselves? Wouldn't it then also be the case that the small solutions to problems play their part in solving the so-called big problems?

What you may not know about me, but I want to say more clearly now, is that people with power and money have left their personal level and set out to solve the world problems that they think can be solved centrally. These people scare me. They make their own problem everyone else's problem. They drag millions of people into their ideas of solutions, even though no one has given them an official mandate to do so. They openly run think tanks, they don't keep anything secret, but openly state what they intend to do as a world problem solution.

Your approach immediately reminded me of these powerful people, the design, the headline, the themes immediately gave me the impression that you are under the spell of their influence and have made their ideas yours. If you tell me I am wrong, I will accept that.

Is it now a bit more understandable to you why it seems that I am not interested in problem solving? What is not true.

The other aspect is that my supposedly negative feedback would not discourage you, that you would take my scepticism as an incentive to be enthusiastic about your cause without being disappointed. For me, when I encounter counter-arguments, I either question my stance or intention, weigh it up or am imbued with the inspiring spirit to go my way anyway. It is a good exercise to put yourself and your ideas to the test.

Would you agree that there are enough people out there who immediately shout "awesome!" but are obviously not really interested in dialogue? Or who shout "Yes, everything is terrible, we have to put an end to it!" but you still feel alone with your thoughts and intentions?

I don't want to convince you to agree with me, such things seem to be more of an obstacle between people. In the field of tension of disagreement, remaining friendly and turned towards the other person is certainly an art. You blogged a post, I responded to it. Isn't that what you had in mind, to get a reaction?

So, no, don't give up. I never said you should give up your idea. Instead, I am taking my time to discuss the matter in a deeper way. I appreciate that you sense there is more to it than it looks in the first place. So I thank you.