gdp's Comments

[ meme - hazard ] : On Procrastination, the iPhone, and Grinding.be

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:48:42 +0000

Yeah, I do. It is a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with wanting to have money to do the things you want, but greed's a step beyond that. It's accumulation for accumulation's sake, with no care for effects on others. The meme that greed is virtuous is peculiarly western and wrong, IMGO. It's important, though, to note that I'm talking about the extreme, not the moderate sort of desire for money. Capitalism works wonderfully as a means for distributing wealth efficiently, but it fails when a greedy minority manipulate the vulnerabilities of the technological and sociological context in which it operates in order to concentrate that wealth in their own hands. As for the designers motivated by money and other people supported by instituations derived from incentivized innovation, I think you missed my point in the first paragraph about there being a balance. Economic incentives definitely spur innovation, and that is a good thing, for the reasons you list, and more. I'm not talking about that - I'm talking about abusive corporatism, which is distinctly different from capitalism. Incidentally, an open marketplace is far more competitive and offers far more diverse opportunities than a closed one, so if you agree that innovation is a good thing, you're either automatically agreeing with the open position or doubting one of the premisses. It sounds like you're misreading me as a hippie of some kind, which I'm definitely not :)

[ meme - hazard ] : System Dynamics Conf. - VI - The Rest

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:38:04 +0000

Nope, just a grad student..

[ meme - hazard ] : System Dynamics Conf. - I - Overview

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:07:20 +0000

You're quite welcome. Out of curiosity, how did you find my blog?

[ meme - hazard ] : Writing exchange

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:39:32 +0000

Yeah, pretty much - coherent and compelling fashion. I'm actually thinking of coding up a web tool for this sort of thing. To make it easier to coordinate, get people's comments, and so on. Will keep you posted..

[ meme - hazard ] : Writing exchange

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:00:18 +0000

Both, I guess. Not fiction so much, but more reflective / non-fiction type stuff. Academic writing, journalistic writing, and so on. I've got a few people who've signed up to mutually critique, though, which is great..

[ meme - hazard ] : Life Lesson - Don't screw up the little things

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:07:22 +0000

I guess I'm just talking about money as a thing that, when wasted, makes me kick myself and feel stupid. So, it's just another possible cost of small screwups..