Oliver

To me, the skyline of software and devices is populated almost entirely with unadorned, steel-and-glass skyscrapers: no Royal Albert Hall, no Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque.

Proprietary software is like high-heels: while harder to walk in, you should be free to wear them; conversely, you might well look askance at organizations that make these things a condition of employment and at a society with little awareness that there are other options.

Much reconciliation, learning, forgiveness; no regret.

People who shield their ideas from criticism leave their civilization vulnerable, people who open their ideas to criticism protect their civilization.

Imagine if the “file recovery” dialogue were in real life; if your brain said “Unsaved anger and resentment found. Would you like to recover these feelings?” I hope to be able to click “NO.” But don’t forget that being angry for more than a moment is to continually click “YES.”

If you can only think about issues in one dimension, you’ll likely be wrong about most things, while having the feeling of logical consistency.