Everywhere I go, I see solutions. I see solutions because I see problems. Some of the solutions are good, some are bad, all are well intentioned and few reach fruition. A younger me tried to save the world, an older me tries to save what he can. An exercise in frustration most of the time.

But you can't stop the spirit. You just can't deny it. And when something happens right... well, Nikola Tesla said it best:

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

It is so true. To see something come alive is truly a wonderful thing. To see it fulfill a purpose, be it ever so small, brings a deep enjoyment that it seems few will know.

In software, it might be that perfect line of code.

In writing, it might be an idea congealed in words and paragraphs.

In engineering, it could be as simple as using only what is available to do something no one else has done, or fixing a complex problem with a simple solution.

In systems, it could be the use of a system in a new and imaginative way.

But with all of these things, there comes a deep seated sense of frustration. At the world. At what could be fixed so simply, but remains unfixed and will remain unfixed because of systems that cripple those that could. Those that would. And therefore, those that should.

And there is so much in this world to fix. We don't need more technology in the world. What we need are more people who can adapt technology to their needs. Who can see a problem for what it is and a solution from what there is. Teams cannot do this. People do this every day, but somehow it gets stifled. Somehow, sometimes, it seems to be punishable by society - to try to fix something is a disruption of the status quo.

I wonder, then, what future humanity has. Thoreau was right then, and he remains even more right with more technology: Man has become the tool of his tools.