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Re:It's Time to Build Institutions by michaelhoney on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:12PM (#30973346)
Yes! But also: making existing institutions better is almost certainly going to provide better cultural ROI that starting new ones. Part of what makes institutions institutions is that they _endure_. Look around your local culture and find an institution that could be doing a great job, but isn’t: that’s the leverage point.
Re:It's Time to Build Institutions by pyuser583 on Saturday April 09, 2022 @11:00PM (#30974115)
One of the problems is looking at institutions in terms if ROI. They have value in and of themselves.

I guess we both favor preferring existing institutions, so I’m disagreeing with your conclusion.

But there’s a word for favoring existing institutions: “conservativism.” Not many people on this board like that word.

Re:It's Time to Build Institutions by robbedpeter on Sunday April 10, 2022 @03:41AM (#30975160)
"Cultural upcycling" has a nice ring to it.
Re:It's Time to Build Institutions by pyuser583 on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:53AM (#30978243)
“Hacking modernity?”