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   Andy Longshaw (andylongshaw@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 19:04:58 JST Andy Longshaw

   • Cory Doctorow

   As a 58-year-old this quote from @pluralistic resonates.

   “I’m 52 years old. I used to be way more interested in how things worked. Now I’m interested in how they fail.”

   From: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/06/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again/

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     Gueule d'atmosphère (gueuledatmosphere@mastodon.green)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 20:05:10 JST Gueule d'atmosphère

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @Andylongshaw @pluralistic
     I am reminded of the saying that you need to learn the rules to be able to break them. In other words, you can only become interested meaningfully in how things break once you have some understanding of how they work.