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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:47:30 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

   @jwildeboer Yep, and sadly this affects those who derive their identity from being contrary to the mainstream also. Any attempt to actually change things in a meaningful manner is actually a threat to their existence, which relies on them remaining a counter niche. Really saw this in Berlin when I was there. Ideally those of us working to make things better should be doing so with the goal of not having to do so in the future; to exist to not have to exist, if you will.

   • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 18:47:39 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

     TIL that this observation I make over and over again has a name.

     Observation: Some people are so defined by The Problem that any solution proposal to The Problem is seen as a personal attack, leading to a fight to defend The Problem instead of working towards a solution.

     And it is called the Shirky principle, named after Clay Shirky: https://effectiviology.com/shirky-principle/

     I'll add it to my list of guiding principles, just like Conway's Law, Amdahl's law, Zipf's law and a few more.