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The idolisation of _why is just plain weird.
Till pretty soon, even more so than for their considerable accomplishments, they become famous for... not wanting to be famous:
A documentary about the guy that just wanted to fade into the sunset. Interesting. That's fine and all, but is the Ruby community still pretending to respect this guy? If so, why are they making a big public video tribute to a guy that not only chose to disappear, but took all his work down with him too?
He might have taken all his work down knowing that it would probably live on through source control and people at the time using his work and making it available for everyone no? Anyways, the fact is that he made a mark, and because of it I believe people (including me) respect him so much.
The idolisation of _why is just plain weird.
B-b-but he's a rock star! You're a rockstar, I'm a rockstar, we're all rockstars!
A documentary about the guy that just wanted to fade into the sunset. Interesting. That's fine and all, but is the Ruby community still pretending to respect this guy? If so, why are they making a big public video tribute to a guy that not only chose to disappear, but took all his work down with him too?
The idolisation of _why is just plain weird.
The idolisation of _why is just plain weird.
It's always that way, with creative types. The more they try to just fade back into the woodwork... the more intently people try to grab a little piece of them. Till pretty soon, even more so than for their considerable accomplishments, they become famous for... not wanting to be famous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman
Similarly, people can't fathom why _why decided to do what he did.
I think people are inherently uncomfortable with people who live in a way that appears to contradict or call into question the very goals that the uncomfortable people are themselves pursuing with such abandon.
Perelman turned down a sought after prize (two of them) and _why ducked out from a kind of localized fame/recognition that a lot of developers crave. It calls into question the value of these kinds of rewards/goals, and not everyone is comfortable with those thoughts.
A documentary about the guy that just wanted to fade into the sunset. Interesting. That's fine and all, but is the Ruby community still pretending to respect this guy? If so, why are they making a big public video tribute to a guy that not only chose to disappear, but took all his work down with him too?
I'm supposed to dislike an incredibly prolific and inspiring guy because he took some stuff offline?
He disappeared himself, and I thought that particular community was good with leaving well enough alone. Especially in light of the reaction I've seen them take when other people have dragged _why back into the limelight after he left.
Seems strange. Just a thought.
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I'm supposed to dislike an incredibly prolific and inspiring guy because he took some stuff offline?
No, I just think its an odd contradiction to respect that guy, and simultaneously make a video publicizing the dude. He disappeared himself, and I thought that particular community was good with leaving well enough alone. Especially in light of the reaction I've seen them take when other people have dragged _why back into the limelight after he left. Seems strange. Just a thought.