Instant classic from @alicemazzy . If programmers ultimately embrace priest roles, the implicit extension is accelerating religion..https://jacobitemag.com/2017/12/05/a-priesthood-of-programmers/ …
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..Previously: e.g. with the newspaper press, memes had to optimize for symbiotic fitness with a medium-term persistent tech. But software changes that.
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..Now: Development speed & low cost enable high churn rates in communication platform tech.
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.. the ability to switch & exit means the market imposes discipline on the devs, who dissolve into the system. Memes are less tech constrained, 'purer,' and their discover process greatly accelerated.
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