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@mwollny
Good afternoon!
I'll continue publishing some random stuff until (hopefully) someone else joins the conversation.
This is something I call "Interfaces without Implementation" - it's a geeky name usually associated with software design.
The gist is that we live in the society and we've been brought up to believe that the society has all the answers. It's also our "conditioned" reality because, arguably, we're more societal creatures than natural. Most of natural threats have been counteracted by the society, so most of the threats that we are facing are the ones coming from the society itself.
Then the premise is that we have an elaborate list of specifications for the society we live in and we think of those as buttons that do something. Let's say - a button in a submarine labeled "Raise the Periscope". So we're taking stock of what's available and find all sorts of useful buttons and levers and we chart our navigation plan confident that we have every eventuality covered.
Now, I go on to say that unless we test these buttons or unless someone is accountable that behind these buttons there's actuation and what happens as a result lives up to the design specification - we can't be sure that these buttons are not just mocks - interfaces without implementation.
Anyway, have a read and comment. It's all a bit of fun.
https://slantpositive.vercel.app/Interfaces%20without%20Implementation