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I haven't seen an ACM interview yet that went into childhood trauma. They are pretty topical. What makes you infer more childhood happiness from Bryan's childho

I haven't seen an ACM interview yet that went into childhood trauma. They are pretty topical. What makes you infer more childhood happiness from Bryan's childhood than anybody else from the technology sector? Because he is outspoken about tech? I am not sure that means he was never traumatized. I hope you get can persevere with your problems, of course.

okareaman 5y ago
He's an Eagle Scout who became a Boy Scout troop leader for his boys. His mother influenced him to go into computer programming. He's relentlessly positive. If he's had hardship and trauma, he's doing a great job of hiding it. Edit: He could afford to go to Brown University, something I could only dream about. Just to be clear. I don't begrudge Bryan for any of this. Someday if society evolves, we will all have the nurturing Bryan had.
- akerl_ 5y ago
  It’s not really viable to take a few facts like this and extrapolate a lack of hardship or trauma. I think you’ve stepped pretty far outside of reasonable discourse about the post, and into the realm of intense speculation about somebody else’s personal life. Maybe don’t do that.
  - chris_wot 5y ago
    Kind of like not extrapolating that someone hates females if they use a gendered noun?
    - akerl_ 5y ago
      I’m not sure how you got from my comment to this, but in the interest of being clear: Extrapolating that somebody has a positive vibe and was an Eagle Scout, so they can’t have had past hardships is radically different from “extrapolating” that somebody who uses gendered language has gender biases. The former is a textbook logical fallacy (“affirming the consequent”). The latter is not.
      - sgrebn 5y ago
        Cantrill's "vibe" has been controversial in the past. I wonder, while trying to be as neutral as possible, if the original commenter was actually sensing something like overconfidence or even arrogance. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19161006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19161006
        chris_wot 5y ago
        Indeed. Everything points to someone who had never understood the damage he has done to others through his actions.

okareaman 5y ago

He's an Eagle Scout who became a Boy Scout troop leader for his boys. His mother influenced him to go into computer programming. He's relentlessly positive. If he's had hardship and trauma, he's doing a great job of hiding it. Edit: He could afford to go to Brown University, something I could only dream about. Just to be clear. I don't begrudge Bryan for any of this. Someday if society evolves, we will all have the nurturing Bryan had.

akerl_ 5y ago
It’s not really viable to take a few facts like this and extrapolate a lack of hardship or trauma. I think you’ve stepped pretty far outside of reasonable discourse about the post, and into the realm of intense speculation about somebody else’s personal life. Maybe don’t do that.
- chris_wot 5y ago
  Kind of like not extrapolating that someone hates females if they use a gendered noun?
  - akerl_ 5y ago
    I’m not sure how you got from my comment to this, but in the interest of being clear: Extrapolating that somebody has a positive vibe and was an Eagle Scout, so they can’t have had past hardships is radically different from “extrapolating” that somebody who uses gendered language has gender biases. The former is a textbook logical fallacy (“affirming the consequent”). The latter is not.
    - sgrebn 5y ago
      Cantrill's "vibe" has been controversial in the past. I wonder, while trying to be as neutral as possible, if the original commenter was actually sensing something like overconfidence or even arrogance. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19161006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19161006
      - chris_wot 5y ago
        Indeed. Everything points to someone who had never understood the damage he has done to others through his actions.