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Greg Wilson @gvwilson
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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, I was convinced that all of our tools were fundamentally wrong, and that we'd only make real progress in computing if we rethought them. 1/4
I now realize this was displacement: I focused on tools because I knew how to fix them (or at least change them), and because if the problem was tools, I wouldn't have to worry about fuzzy sociological stuff that made me very uncomfortable. 2/4
Putting it another way, if the problem was tools, I could change them; if the problem was community, I'd have to change me, so I really, really wanted the problem to be tools. 3/4
I've made some big mistakes as I've tried to shift my perspective, but I think I'm more effective now as a result. 4/4
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