Re:It's Time to Build Institutions
by michaelhoney on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:12PM
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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.
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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
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"Cultural upcycling" has a nice ring to it.