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Here are a few earlier discussions of this email: Curse Of The Gifted (2000) 606 points luu 2 years ago 365 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/it
by nkurz 11y ago
Here are a few earlier discussions of this email:
Curse Of The Gifted (2000) 606 points
luu 2 years ago 365 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7219872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7219872
Eric S. Raymond - The Curse of the Gifted (2000) 243 points
vinutheraj 6 years ago 59 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1167754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1167754
The curse of the gifted programmer (ESR's email to Torvalds) 95 points
semmons 6 years ago 38 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1221756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1221756
It's interesting to compare the quality of discussion over the years. In this case, I think the more recent ones come out looking pretty good.
- IsaacL 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1221756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1221756 The first two comments on this thread were definitely snarkier and more aggressive. Part of me thinks there were advantages to the earlier culture of HN, though. People were more likely to be challenged on their statements, and forced to defend their beliefs.