David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I made the offer for an in-person conversation because I think I can
>> provide our office conversations with a healthy dose of "Helvetica Neue"h
>> skepticism, and I suspect Brad will be relieved that it won't be all on him
>> to defend his viewpoint.  I also suspect you and I may be reasonably
>> well-aligned on this issue, too.

> Yeah, sorry for snapping. I realise that a lot more gets done at high
> bandwidth, I worry that this can achieve "local consensus" that just
> happens to treat principles that may be important to others as
> disposable. I did get a whiff of the interaction as it happens
> visiting in December, even if I was mostly in the 6th-floor land of
> infuriating intangibles rather than the 3rd-floor land of things that
> work or don't. I apologise for my frustration.

+1.  In a physical meeting, there is higher bandwith, but a
lot of the payload can be pity, intimidation, "nobody leaves
before we have an agreement", etc.

Tim


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