I wrote this over 15 years ago, and it still rings true: separate the art from the artist.
It's a key stabilizing principle for me when navigating Bitcoin developers.
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Well said. So many implications there, your title captures it though - separate the art from the artist. I'll try to remember that more. Heck. Might just stick a post it on the desk.
What artists?
A better way to put this would be like, the guy who works at McDonald's is a rapist, so seperate the rapists from the burger or whatever.
Writing code or making burgers isn't art, it's just a job.
Extreme on both counts.
We're talking about people who are difficult and unpleasant to deal with, not assault.
And we're also talking about genuine significant contributions, like Linux or Bitcoin, not tasks on the edge of being automated.
Great food for thought. I would have appreciated more insights, and I think many others would share this belief
