This should be the top comment to foster a conversation around sources we can dig up. The digital roots to word usages should be preserved as understanding is

This should be the top comment to foster a conversation around sources we can dig up. The digital roots to word usages should be preserved as understanding is the first step to changing. I can’t casually read the bitkeeper “HOWTO” now without cringing at the word choice - it’s not that it didn’t age well, it’s that I used to lack empathy for its usage. I think treating this human relationship as a light hearted metaphor disregards the gravity of this painful history. Plenty of alternatives exist, and if one doesn’t in someone’s eyes the brilliant thing is new words and meanings can be invented. I accept criticism of using master/slave as a consequence of the actions taken by citizens in my country in the past. I’m willing to accept responsibility even when my self and family aren’t at fault. Edit: A second source of word history to review https://econoben.github.io/2020/10/20/master-slave-terminology.html https://econoben.github.io/2020/10/20/master-slave-terminolo...