Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
I don't think it is only a function of the smarts. It also has to do
with "judgement" or "a sense of beauty" or "good taste", or whatever
describes the sense one innately has or develops through
experience that says of all the possible ways this is best, and it
is proven right.
Fair enough. I use "smarts" as a catchword.
Some have all those attributes plus some integrity, some don't. Lots of
lousy design is the result of deliberate attempts by perhaps "smart"
people to control mindshare and lock in customers regardless of whether
it makes their lives more difficult.
My point is that that can change.
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My uncle likes to say that the world’s biggest troubles started when the
serpent said, “Try this fruit, and by the way if a bunch of people
collectively calling themselves Arthur Andersen signs something it’s the
same as if a person named Arthur Andersen signed it.” I don’t get the
serpent and fruit part. Must be some Swiss mythology thing. He can be a
bit obscure.
P.K. Iggy
_How I Like Fixed The Internet_
(Tales from the Great Infodepression of 2009
and the prosperity that followed)
