Some quick thoughts I had on the way here:
There are two problems we are trying to solve. One of mythology and one of technology.
The mythology we're trying to perpetuate breaks down into two areas:
- A person and a computer can change reality
- With that knowledge (that a person and a computer can change reality), choosing to put those skills to something other than changing the world (i.e. working on planetary problems) is a weird decision to make
Given that the musers already believe the above, the only thing they need to work on planetary problems are:
- Exposure
- Information
- Tools
@vin and I talked a lot yesterday about a concept he called "the black hole", which is the distance between knowing how to code (or being any kind of artist) and knowing how to apply those skills towards a planetary problem.
An example he used often was "how do you go from learning how to code to cleaning up the ocean?"
Of course, mythology is an important part of the puzzle. But if we're talking about musers, then the black hole is the more generous act.