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Same as saying a benevolent tyrant is the best govt. Viewed from a certain angle it could be arguably true, yet none of us would trade democracy for it because
by Santosh83 6y ago
Same as saying a benevolent tyrant is the best govt. Viewed from a certain angle it could be arguably true, yet none of us would trade democracy for it because we understand quality and efficiency are not the only factors but need to be weighed with other ethical and social ones.
The history of biological evolution shows that monocultures invariably fail catastrophically. Diversity is the main way to guard against unpredictable events of the future. Software is not exempt from these general rules I'd presume.
- shadowgovt 6y agoI'd be conservative extrapolating from lessons of government and biology to software engineering principles. Software doesn't change via random mutation and natural selection pressure; most open source projects are benevolent dictatorships of some flavor or other.