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I think this is one of the key things -- so many things in technology are just given to you as-is with no way to change them. The realization that all of this

by gwd 7y ago

I think this is one of the key things -- so many things in technology are just given to you as-is with no way to change them. The realization that all of this is mutable -- that the computer is just going along doing exactly what it was told, and that you can be the one to tell it what to do -- is a real eye-opener for a lot of people (children or not).

umvi 7y ago
> I think this is one of the key things -- so many things in technology are just given to you as-is with no way to change them This is the main reason RMS went from being a developer to an activist. He was (and is) trying to prevent this from happening.