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engineers don't solve problems [e8ef6000]

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https://logicmag.io/failure/engineers-dont-solve-problems/

  • Talks about mexico city drainage issues
  • environmental engineering does not solve problems, but rather transforms them for a later generation to deal with
  • major problem is that they appear to work for the groups whose voices count
  • engineers play whack-a-mole with problems, but these are just pushing stuff back, like tech debt
  • there is no grand solution to be had, engineers transform problems instead of solving them