Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come. –Victor Hugo
One of my heroes, Aaron Swartz, fought and died for open source, freeing information from the shackles of the few and ensuring its liberation into the domain of the many.
What does it take for one to diminish an instinct and elevate a moral?
As a more-often-than-not introvert, my ideas are often conceptualised and developed alone, and yet, over the past few years, I’ve come to a somewhat surprising revelation.
I might have birthed the idea, but it is ours.
For me, the power of git, lies in its power to foster collaboration and engender discussion. Git as a metaphor of a tree best describes the diversity of our perspectives and how these often lead to new revelations about ourselves. When we remain open to new perspectives, our thoughts branch out, evolving. We must always compare these to the master we left behind. Are we better as a result of these changes? Should we pull others’ ideas and evaluate these first? Whatever we decide, we must commit to our decision and merge our present selves with our former outlook.
We must remain open, free to branch out into the unknown, free to look back and compare and free to internalise what we pull from others.
