How the World is Run

    The world is separated into three groups: engineers, facilitators, and consumers. Engineers are responsible for monumental and/or lasting creations, development that moves society in general. These are the folks behind the major commercial websites and enterprises, the ones who found something quite literally world-changing. Then there are facilitators, those who primarily are well-trained and can fit into systems very well. They are beholden to the engineers of this world, for it is they who understand on a fundamental level the knowledge with which facilitators work. Facilitators can also be thought of as developers. Lastly we have consumers, the lowest of the low outside of a special category, the dependents (i.e., those who are physically and/or mentally incapable of independent living). Consumers are the regular blokes that use iPods and computers and other advanced technologies without asking or being able to understand the hows and whys of living in an increasingly complex world.

It might also be said that humans are either imaginative, constructive, or creative. Creativity is something I define slightly differently than most life coaches or dictionaries, and it is a quality I hold in highest regard. Constructive is to coding what creative is to programming. One doesn't merely visualise the solution, he creates the scaffold for himself and everyone else to use. Imagination is essentially the conception of a potential reality or aspect of life. It is the attempt to alter and augment our current existence using vivid imagery, painting with your mind without the physical steps to back them up. That is the function of construction, or the process of building. Too often we see the wildly imaginative paired with the binding impracticality of ignorance and ineptitude; so too can we observe a tool remaining too basic to elevate our general lives. Creative humans have no equal, having both the insight and the ability to fundamentally alter society.

Where do you fit in?