Posts tagged discussion

most technical discussions are terrible. Not in a sense that people can’t make good points and progress through it, but rather that there is no structure to a discussion, and it’s too hard to follow. What I see in reality is a lot of focus from a very few dedicated people, and delegation by the other ones to those focused. Many views get misrepresented, and many perspectives never heard, because the flow of comments quickly filters out most potential participants.

via http://kvark.github.io/tech/arguments/2020/06/30/technical-discussions.html

We had lunch earlier this week, and we spent an hour getting to know each other — our families, our paths to the jobs we hold today, our feelings about our alma mater. Basically, we spent an hour becoming friends. I like the guy. I’m going to have lunch with him again, and I’m going to pay the next time. All of which made it harder to ask the question I needed to ask: Why Trump?

via https://medium.com/@EthanZ/lunch-with-my-friend-the-trump-supporter–9388769ec2e7