Comment by tomlockwood
7 years ago
Another aspect to this is that the meaner a message is, the less likely it is to be said by someone who can grasp a very basic point about human nature.
7 years ago
Another aspect to this is that the meaner a message is, the less likely it is to be said by someone who can grasp a very basic point about human nature.
Or, the meaner a message is, the more likely is to be said by someone who cares about subject matter way more than "human nature".
Reading meanness as an indication of investment in a subject, is a mistake.
It's not just investment. High level experts do not care much about "human nature" as average persons do, it is also part of "human nature".
Also disrespect goes both ways. For many people, using "mean words" (e.g. "this is terribly wrong", "what a stupid mistake") is being disrespectful and offensive. For many experts, being incompetent or making repeated mistakes in your work is being disrespectful and offensive.
I hope you don't use Linux.
In any environment with more than one person, human nature is the subject. This is the message of the article.
What does being right buy you if it doesn't affect the change you're after?
Or more likely to be said by someone one sees trees not forests.