There's an old G.K. Chesterton (I think?) quote that goes something like "The trouble with progressives is that when human nature works against their progressive dogma, they prefer to keep the dogma and discard the humans." (paraphrasing)
Even though my political views put me on the more progressive end of the spectrum, I always come back to that quote (that I can't even seem to remember anymore) as a way of checking myself. The purpose of social organization is to foster and nurture human beings (and nature), after all, and if we keep finding ourselves running up against that we probably haven't thought through the problem deeply enough.
That lesson is as true for life as it is for writing good software it turns out. . .
Even though my political views put me on the more progressive end of the spectrum, I always come back to that quote (that I can't even seem to remember anymore) as a way of checking myself. The purpose of social organization is to foster and nurture human beings (and nature), after all, and if we keep finding ourselves running up against that we probably haven't thought through the problem deeply enough.
That lesson is as true for life as it is for writing good software it turns out. . .