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<p class="MsoNormal">Hah, the arc of technical universe is long, but it bends toward best practices? I’m not quite that optimistic. But there are poor things to do, and it is hard to get some people to have a debate about them. You know, because they
are busy saving their world with their “productivity”. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> on behalf of "thompnickson2@gmail.com" <thompnickson2@gmail.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 11:36 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [FRIAM] alternative response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, Marcus, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I guess the question is, “Do you Really believe that there Really is a better way do engineer software?” I guess that amounts to the question, “In the very, very long run, do you think that software engineering will converge upon a short
list of best practices.” Or are such preferences merely idiopathic. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clark University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Marcus Daniels<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2020 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] alternative response<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">< </span></b>So, software engineering is not a science. It’s a culture? There is no right or wrong about it? ><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In practice, it is a culture. People cling to their beliefs and their habits, like the racists do. Attempts to intervene cause a lot of turmoil. Intervention sometimes seems urgent, but really it is probably better to avoid these
cultures.<o:p></o:p></p>
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