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    1. Austen Allred‏ @Austen Apr 9
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      The unnerving thing about running a company is watching all of your personal flaws accidentally become codified in the culture of the organization and come to life three years later as actions of employees you've never really spoken to

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Apr 9
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      If you're widely copied, you get to see this at the level of an industry.

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    3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Apr 9
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      True in research too. People make (bad) choices of name, notation, etc, and a century later, millions of students may still be paying the price. Oh to change the sign on the charge of the electron...

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      Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc Apr 9
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      Replying to @michael_nielsen @paulg @Austen

      I often think about @worrydream's observation that releasing open source software *can* be a net negative for the world.

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        2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Apr 9
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          Replying to @patrickc @paulg and

          I see he's been checking my Github again.

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        3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen Apr 9
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @patrickc and

          There's a striking parallel in science: releasing papers and data is sometimes net negative, I think. It looks like contributing to the commons, but it's really polluting the commons, sometimes in a subtle way.

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        1.  🖋 ⚖ 🎙 🎧 🎹 Let's get inspired! 🎻 🎸 🔎 💡 🪔‏ @learning20201 Apr 9
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          Replying to @patrickc @michael_nielsen and

          When, where and how was that observation/reasoning made? Was it in one of his (@worrydream) talks or personal conversations? "releasing open source software being a net negative sometimes"

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        1. Carlos De la Guardia‏ @dela3499 Apr 9
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          Replying to @patrickc @michael_nielsen and

          Indeed. No person or activity is immune to error, and therefore causing (arbitrarily large) negative consequences. Of course, that just means we've got to be ready to correct mistakes, not try to avoid them.

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        1. Repl Guy‏ @replguy Apr 9
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          Is there a concrete example of this?

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