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[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Tuesday, 4 September 2018 at 20:45:53 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> happens.  Things aren't going to materialize out of thin air 
> just because people demand for it loudly enough, even if we'd 
> like for that to happen.  *Somebody* has to do the work. That's 
> just how the universe works.

Human beings are social in nature and follow a group-mentality, 
so when there are people willing to follow and you have a 
persuasive leader willing to lead and outline a bright and vivid 
future, then things can "materialize" out of thin air.

But it is not going to happen without focused leadership and the 
right timing.

There certainly have been people in the forums over the years 
looking for things to do.  So I really don't believe the whole 
"nothing will happen because nothing happens by itself" mantra.

What is almost always the case is that if you base an open source 
sub-project on only 1-2 people then that work is mostly wasted, 
as they most likely will leave it unmaintained. So leadership is 
critical, even when things do "materialize" out of thin air.