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> Human progress depends on the open source community. (Non native speaker here). Am I misunderstanding something, or is the author explaining that humanity ca
by throwaway744678 7y ago
> Human progress depends on the open source community.
(Non native speaker here). Am I misunderstanding something, or is the author explaining that humanity can not progress without the open source community?
- networkimprov 7y agoThat's the meaning I took from it (USA native).
- mytailorisrich 7y agoThat's right. That's called hyperbole (with a 'e').
- sounds 7y agoAs the other comments point out, it's hyperbole. It's also an aspirational statement. Aspirational, as in, they wish that github would be the key factor in human progress. Maybe I can say that even plainer: to the leadership at github, the progress of the human race depends on github. The open source community depends on github. That's what it's implying. (The reader is left to identify that as wishful thinking.)