Post #1166548

2026-03-17 08:54 UTC

Excellent article, by Blain Smith (@blainsmith), on the need for a broader education, especially for computer programmers: https://blainsmith.com/essays/humanities-in-the-machine/ Thanks to Sacha Chua (@sacha) for including this in her most recent weekly Emacs news post. Edit: proper links for people mentioned. #Emacs #Unix #C

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@sacha@social.sachachua.com 2026-03-17 12:05

@ericsfraga @blainsmith I immediately thought of Protesilaos Stavrou as a current example of a philosopher-geek in Emacs, and of the way we have so many writers and teachers and monks and mountain guides and other people of non-CS backgrounds. :)

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@leadore@sunny.garden 2026-03-18 17:04

@ericsfraga @blainsmith Excellent! I hope people read it to the end for the important insights.

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