I had a similar shift in perspective recently, that went from viewing objects from the outside as things to be manipulated, to viewing them from within as indep

I had a similar shift in perspective recently, that went from viewing objects from the outside as things to be manipulated, to viewing them from within as independent entities with boundaries. What made it click for me was watching Alan Kay talks and reading “Object Thinking” by David West. Now, I think the idea is due for some sort of renaissance. Though the culture of programming has turned against it in favor of FP, OOP continues to underlie the most important languages, organizations, and products in a way that speaks to its ultimate potential: to build evolvable, growable, maintainable software systems in service of human flourishing.