“To be a dictator (benevolent or otherwise) is to exist without the _consequences_ that prevent you from giving in to those impulses. Worse: if you are the dictator — again, benevolent or otherwise — of a big, structurally important company or nonprofit that millions of people rely on, the _consequences_ of these lapses are extremely consequential.”
I've been anticipating something about BDFLs from nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqhykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fswlqz4x (nprofile…qz4x). It was definitely worth the wait.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/10/bdfl/
Jason Cosper /
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2024-12-10 23:47:14
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