On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 05:33:57PM +0900, Simon Richter wrote: [...] > This perception is similar to how you could buy a newspaper that reports on > politics, economics and technology and be outraged that the technology > section is full of false information that could have been avoided by doing > five minutes of research, but at least their politics and economy sections > are well-informed — and then you talk to your pol-sci and econ friends, and > they are full of rage about how their sections are entirely bullshit, but > praise the technology section. [...] > This is fractally wrong: > > 1. none of us is privileged enough to escape the consequences of damaging > our ecological or social environment > 2. even if some of us were, the creation of software is not worth it > 3. the creation of software is not a goal in itself, but a means to an end > 4. we won't even get good software out of it.
thank you very much for this long and insightful mail, Simon.
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cheers,
Holger
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