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274 points npalli | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 12:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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praptak ◴[30 Mar 25 17:56 UTC] No.43526095[source]▶
I disagree that creating new things should be prioritised[0]. There's too many things already and the most pressing problems have solutions which are not new, just hard to apply for political reasons.

[0] Saying "prioritised" instead of "good", because "creating good new things" is tautologically, uninterestingly "good".

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1. spongebobstoes ◴[30 Mar 25 19:01 UTC] No.43526602[source]▶
If something is difficult/impossible to apply for political reasons, maybe something new can make it easier/possible.

It might be a new philosophy, message, movement, technology, space, gathering, poem, or otherwise.

If something is so hard to do, for political reasons, it might be time to try something new. The goal might be the same, but maybe a new approach will yield better results.