I don't interpret it as being "blinded by perspective", though. I think Thompson was (in a lighthearted curmudgeonly way) describing the virtue of having the pr

I don't interpret it as being "blinded by perspective", though. I think Thompson was (in a lighthearted curmudgeonly way) describing the virtue of having the primary buffer of your document in your head. I certainly don't. I scroll to find what I've written to remind myself what it is... I rely on the memory of the machine and use it a substitute for my own. I feel like he's describing a more disciplined way of thinking, and reminiscing about when it was strictly necessary. Only direct reference I could find to the (secondhand) quote - http://web.archive.org/web/20080103071208/http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~george/history/ http://web.archive.org/web/20080103071208/http://www.dcs.qmu...