Why The System Fails

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There are people who build The System.

There are people who maintain The System.

There are people who operate The System.

The people who operate The System rarely know how it’s built or how it’s maintained, or even what it’s for.  They may not care.

It is easy for those who operate The System to use it for great gain and benefit.  It does not mean they understand it.

In time, maintenance is not thought of because it appears to be running well.  Those who maintain must adjust and it is hard.

In time, building is not thought of as new wonders appear all the time and problems beyond the moment are not imagined.  Those who build must strive mightily or merely repeat themselves to survive.

In time, The System breaks down.

Those who run The System are startled.

Those who maintained The System are angry.

Those who built The System curse everyone’s stupidities.

Everyone grabs for what they can as the walls crash down.  History gets another chapter where we point at people’s ignorance and feel superior to them.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

What The PS4 Means For Your Gaming Career

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The PS4 got announced in case you happened to have forgot that a Net full of Inter is out there, avoided all television, and talked to no other people.  And you in no way will be startled that yours truly is going to keep with my continuing obsession about analyzing game news and its career implication and analyze the crap out of this.

So gear up people, here it comes.  The PS4 is coming, and here’s what I think.

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The Question Of Authority

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When I look at American politics, of the many crises we face, I think one of the major ones is the crisis of authority.  Namely – who should be listened to?  Who has the authority.

Despite the political dynasties we do have in our country (which doesn’t please me frankly), family lines are not well-established, authoritative ways to find leaders.  We fall back on that all too often, of course, but as royalty has taught us you don’t want to invest in genetics.

“Making Money” seems to be a popular measure of leadership, or at least “having money.”  There is at least the assumption of business sense if one has/made money.    Then again making money doesn’t mean you can actually do any other jobs, and you may just be a greedy person.

There’s the “anointed by God” idea, but we don’t seem to buy that despite the fact it gets dragged into politics.  Also since everyone is claiming God, it has a kind of dilution effect.  Also down deep, I think most people know they’re BSing about this.

“Expertise” in something should be a recognized reason for leadership, but that’s often a problem as well.  I could probably go into excessive details on that, but roughly I chalk it up to anti-intellectualism and the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Of course, we could actually look to leaders that make things work and measure it.

“When the aged wear silk and eat meat and the masses are neither cold nor hungry, it is impossible for their prince not to be a true King.” – Mencius, Confucian Philosopher

That was 2300 years ago.  Might be something to consider.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.