Yanis Markin

Only Ayn Rand was smart enough to predict that incompetence and an ENVY for excellence will lead to dystopian social outcomes. Orwell thought we'd need total mind control, Huxley thought we'd need a permanently drugged populace, but Rand knew: all you need is resentment https://t.co/XOXN8zSC6u

The point of these lines is clear. In the old days, craftsmen did not cut corners. They worked carefully, and they took care with every aspect of their work. Every part of the product was considered, and each was designed and made to be exactly as it should be. These craftsmen did not relax their thoughtful self-discipline even with respect to... See more

Silicon Valley “design languages” are languages exclusively for the designer to speak to the user. The user is not given an equivalently expressive language to speak back with: the Silicon valley designer believes that the user has nothing valuable to say beyond affirmations and grunts. A "design language" is a language of sermons: preachers do not... See more