A lot of software folks sometimes open up to me and say something like, "well I am really extremely sensitive" and then recount something and I'm like, let me not invalidate you, but also...this sounds AWFUL and like something that would absolutely hurt anyone with a heart
Finding a way to have productive critique, rigorous analysis, AND communal care & build something better than bullshit dehumanizing person-centered reasoning (that really, has deeply discriminatory roots that should be terrifying to an industry that struggles to desegregate), we've gotta get to that
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