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The contemporary world seems increasingly obsessed with the idea of interpreting, predicting, advising and theorizing. Experts, consultancies and detailed analyses on every imaginable topic are multiplying. However, no matter how much we talk, no matter how much we predict, concrete change continues to depend on small actions. And these actions seem to be increasingly neglected.
We live in a time where the ability to make diagnoses, is valued more than the ability to implement simple solutions. Society is filled with sophisticated speeches about productivity, innovation and the future, but how many people know how to change a tire or drive a nail into a wall? Technical and practical knowledge, once essential, is now outsourced or even disregarded.
This reversal of priorities is not without consequences. The illusion that we can solve problems simply by discussing them, creates a paralysis disguised as sophistication. We become passive consumers of theories and far-fetched strategies, while the reality around us often demands trivial and effective gestures: a repair, immediate assistance, manual effort.
Technology has undoubtedly brought incredible advances, but we cannot confuse progress with practical alienation. In the digital world, an expert can argue brilliantly about how to improve society, but if he doesn't know how to make a tourniquet in an emergency, his theory is worth little when it's really needed.
That's why it might be time to reclaim our appreciation for doing. To value those who take action more than those who just talk. To teach our children not only to think critically, but also to perform basic life tasks independently. Learning how to cook a simple dish, tighten a screw or grow a crop, can have more of a real impact than a hundred brilliant analyses on the sustainability of the future.
This is not about disregarding theoretical thought or knowledge, but about remembering that no revolution happens without someone to carry it out. And that, at the end of the day, it is the small concrete actions that make the difference in everyday life. So, how about less predictions and more hands-on work?
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