Cheerful software, above all, honors the truth about humanity:
Humans are not rational beings.
A human is a walking sack of squishy meat and liquids, awash in chemicals.
We laugh. We cry. Sometimes we laugh while crying. We love, and hate, and dream about tomorrow while paying no attention to today. We do ridiculous things in pursuit of love or happiness or self-esteem. We sabotage ourselves. We see faces in inanimate objects, clouds, rock formations, and unevenly toasted bread. Then we sell them on eBay.
We pray to giant humans up in the sky. We think that a fly could be our grandmother. We work for free because we’re bored. We create art, dance, and sing even if we are starving. We give to others when we have little, or we give none when we have a lot, even if we gain no clear survival benefit either way.
RATIONALITY’S NOT ALL IT’S CRACKED UP TO BE
We can aspire to cold, pure logic—but our lives fall apart if we get there.
People who have had damage to the emotional centers of the brain can’t even decide which pair of shoes to wear. If you—with your intact brain—think harder about a choice, the chances go up that you will make one you regret.
This is what psychology and neuroscience tell us: the beauty and the rot is all mixed up. You can’t have a human without both.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/129071415967
