Are engineers solving problems or just creating new ones?

@thebigk • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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I really wonder if engineers are solving the problems are just are in the continuous process of creating new ones? Of course, the curious human mind is advancing the technology; but with every new technology, I believe engineers are inventing new problems to solve. What do you think?

PS: I think the topic is very easy and can be looked from many angles. Do share your thoughts.

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Shuvam

@shuvam-URlhrN • Jul 15, 2015

To answer you in very simple words... With every good thing there follows a shadow..!

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Jul 15, 2015

Kaustubh KatdareI really wonder if engineers are solving the problems
That is the real problem.
Engineers are supposedly creators. Problem solving is secondary and ad hoc. Unfortunately creativity takes a back seat these days. Creativity is neither taught nor encouraged in many places.
On the other hand problem solving is given prominence.

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Manish Goyal

@manish-r2Hoep • Jul 23, 2015

Version 1 created by engineer is always useful, version 1.1 and 1.2 is better and quite useful but as time grows and new version come then it becomes problem.

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Ashraf HZ

@Ash • Jul 25, 2015

I guess the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" doesn't apply these days 😛

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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Jul 25, 2015

Likewise,
If it doesn't have any problem, it not good enough.

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Vignesh Ananth

@vignesh-ITVbwh • Jul 25, 2015

Yeah... it's true.... engineers are solving as well as creating problems. If there isn't any problem then there is no innovations or thinking...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Jul 25, 2015

ashI guess the adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" doesn't apply these days 😛
I guess it never worked that way. I'm pretty darn sure that our forefathers were pretty happy people living in the caves. Then someone said, hey look I can create fire just by rubbing stones. And then...

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Ashraf HZ

@Ash • Jul 27, 2015

Kaustubh KatdareI guess it never worked that way. I'm pretty darn sure that our forefathers were pretty happy people living in the caves. Then someone said, hey look I can create fire just by rubbing stones. And then...
Interesting line of thought. Was the action to rub the stones due to boredom? or was it through observation of another event (like someone accidentally rubbing the stones, or stones fell on each other after a rock fall or wind)?

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Jul 27, 2015

ashWas the action to rub the stones due to boredom? or was it through observation of another event (like someone accidentally rubbing the stones, or stones fell on each other after a rock fall or wind)?
I bet it was boredom. But how'd we know?

All I mean until the last century, the mankind survived without telephones, TVs, WhatsApp and did pretty okay, right?

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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Jul 27, 2015

I disagree.. Mankind did OK.
Technology advancement always helped in saving in disaster time and learning.

It's other thing that we get irritated when we see people abusing technology and wasting it.

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Vignesh Ananth

@vignesh-ITVbwh • Jul 27, 2015

ashInteresting line of thought. Was the action to rub the stones due to boredom? or was it through observation of another event (like someone accidentally rubbing the stones, or stones fell on each other after a rock fall or wind)?
It's not boredom. Why won't we consider it as our forefathers intelligence?

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