Dion Dawson

Most things that are created for the social good, without truism, for the betterment of humanity,

There's less judgment on the efficiency and efficacy of the thing.

And it took a lot for me to kind of get there.

So I think the first thing that's missing is having that questioning attitude around if this is working and this be better.

What are we missing?

Because what we've seen is the human predicament society right now is it requires so much nuance to just survive.

And yet the things that are created to serve us are really, really one note because they're so outdated.

It's almost like, you know, pulling out a floppy disk.

Not only would, you know, a lot of people not know how to use it.

But more importantly, it would immediately show how dated that thing was.

You know what I mean?

And I just think that if we look at it, you know, food emergency, it's a floppy disk right now.

And I just want to kind of find ways to improve it and innovate in it.

No, absolutely.

You know, one of my favorite quotes is basically saying that when it comes to entrepreneurs, I think that they're just too much on execution.

And when it comes to social entrepreneurs, I think they're just too much on intent.

And I think that we have to find a balance there.

And so when I speak about the role in the relationship of capitalism and philanthropy, I think that a lot of times we spend so much time and language on trying to dismantle this thing that is deeply rooted and foundational in the American experience.

And so, you know, what I say is, OK, cool.

Let's not look at it from a dismantling place, because I think that if I focus on my emotional response to it, I'm wasting my time of figuring out how within this thing can we serve people?