The Soul of Software

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Claim: software constructs and shapes shared reality, not just models it. Cited evidence: priming experiments where money cues reduce helping behavior, Facebook’s emotional experiment that changes timelines and moods, and Nature’s finding that sex is a spectrum — ~1 in 100 intersex cases. Tooling and direction: Ruby and JavaScript exemplify a hermeneutic, informal approach to language design; augmented reality (Hololens) promises even stronger real‑world mediation.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:50The Legacy of Ruby
3. 3:19The Origins of Ruby
4. 3:30Origins of Ruby
5. 5:47The Hermeneutic Perspective
6. 6:53The Hermeneutic View of Software Development
7. 10:21The Stop Clock Illusion
8. 11:48Money
9. 12:42Political Boundaries
10. 17:05Open Source Software Is a Meritocracy
11. 20:20Formalist Approach
12. 31:42Hololens

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