Premodern iron producers had basically no idea what was in their ore, no idea how productive and profitable the parts of their business were, they didn’t even know how profitable they were until the end of the year! And the passages in this post show that they constantly wasted resources and missed out on opportunities as a result.
This sure does describe how I currently feel about “trying to cultivate intellectual progress via online tools and community”. I don’t really know how to get from here-to-there.
This sure does describe how I currently feel about “trying to cultivate intellectual progress via online tools and community”. I don’t really know how to get from here-to-there.