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> Wojtek Skulski wrote:
>>
>> I think nothing would be wrong with someone not always following
>> the "opportunity costs". I think there is something wrong with
>> telling people they should always follow the "opportunity costs".
>>
>> W
>>
> Ah, I know what it is. Its the fried egg issue.
I think this is coming close to a philosophical discussion. What we see
happen in the modern world (actually, post-modern) is that the customer
becomes the center of the Universe. For the customer, there are no
absolutes, no wright nor wrong. It's just that some things 'feel good'
(right now). And the IT is the servant: it does not tell the customer
what is best for him and what he really needs, rather it does what
immediately pleases him. As I've said, this is post-modern world.
Wojtek, on the other hand, seems to be 'modern' as opposed to
'post-modern'. He believes some things are wright in IT and some are
wrong. Isn't he from a University? That's the way universities have ever
been: they tell you wright from wrong. That's the way Wirth was. And
notice: that's not based on pragmatism ("it's wright 'cause it will do
you good over the long term", subjective), it's based on something
objective ("it's wright because it is wright").
Post-modernism is very damaging, some philosophers believe, because it
removes all and any absolutes. I think I can see how it is damaging the
CS. I just hope there will be enough 'modern' professors and other
educators in universities to sustain CS (and BB) thru the 'dark ages' of
post-modernism. Some say it is coming to and end soon.
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