Dancing is stupid

> There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent. (Michel de Montaigne, Essais)

Albert Camus dancing (Life Magazine): https://coreyrobin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/albert-cam...

Some thoughts: I like Douglas Adams phrase that says "I'd be happy than right any day". Also, about the hint "If programming is your dance, and you love doing it, then do it professionally" consider that turning something fun into a job may make it dull.

In my life I became much "lighter" when I learned to don't care so much if people think I'm right. I basically stopped being https://m.xkcd.com/386/ . My advice is be somewhat eclectic and respect other people tastes.

One more thing, and this is something I heard from someone else and could confirm myself: once you pass the stage of knowing your body and reading other people's non verbal communication, dance is purely algorithmic with a bit of Markov chain to decide the next step; we, TI/CS people, are actually the best ones doing it.

It's common for poorly adjusted people to develop a sense of superiority as a defence mechanism.

> Dancing is just a game we play, like everything else we do. Once you see it like that it all makes sense

IMO, this is just not true.

There is something really special about synchronized action with other people. Be it marching, singing, chanting, etc. It engenders trust, builds community, and generally builds relationships in a way that I don't think anything else does. This isn't a strictly good thing either - my observation is that dancer relationships tend to be... unstable.

And partner dance is one of the most developed and interesting method of synchronized action that people have created[1].

It's fundamentally a different sort of activity to listening to poetry, playing basketball, attending a lecture, or writing a CRUD app.

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1. Orchestra/band rivals dance here - certainly there is opportunity for much greater scale at high levels of complexity. Of course, you have to give up touch to get that.