Happy Mask Salesman :
not really, more of a curse. You can deeply understand patterns and systems and the associated problems/benefits thereof, but lack the ability to implement small scale solutions in order to bring about new systems. A team setting is really ideal for this style of thinking, if you have other people who are detail oriented to put your minds together and bring about a solution utilizing each other's strengths, a lot can get done. The main problem with systemic thinking though is that it has no place in society. Nobody wants it. Almost every single one of society's systems is grossly inefficient or even takes in more than it gives back. But nobody cares because changing a system costs money or effort depending on the category. It requires a little pain and a little sacrifice and a lot of hard work to recognize the failures of a system, theorize a better one, and implement it, exclusively for the sake of the future. It's a considerable upfront cost for a wholly worthwhile investment, but no one cares about what the shit systems we have will cause in 20 years. This kind of thinking is great for management positions, as an example, but ironically it's exactly the opposite of what people want. They want detail oriented people who will just focus on what's wrong today, micromanage their team members, and usually be overall bad at actually managing anything. But they fit the bill, as opposed to someone who is going to identify problems at large scales and put patterns together to come up with something better, or even just delegate concepts to other capable people in order to accomplish something by utilizing the team's strengths, instead of whipping everyone to just "produce" like it's a toy factory.
2026-06-25 22:15:58