> Jeremy: My point about putting oneself in the position of the computer is > that it is the defining mental posture of programming. Indeed I would argue > that it is impossible to be a programmer without sufficient proficiency in > that way of thinking. >
Jeremy. This is just a sidenote on something that really caught my interest as an anthropologist ... * "putting oneself in the position of the computer."*I think you are *absolutely spot-on correct* (even though the words you use is a complex trope that is undefined in its scope--its standing for something important) --that this is now possible *and* necessary*. *Its part of *our* life now. What fascinates me is no one seems to see how we got here or care :-). The kind of abstraction necessary to think like that is novel historically. I'm not sure its entirely benign. Just riffing Josiah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/05eb6fe8-d1b4-4966-8bd0-0ab5a948d131%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
