Thoughts about "Compile-time types" talk

[NaN]

On Friday, 17 May 2019 at 11:06:57 UTC, Alex wrote:
>
> Your thinking pattern probably invades every aspect of your 
> life. You focus on more practical rather than theoretical 
> aspects of stuff. Hence it's hard for you to think outside the 
> box but you can think inside the box well. You get in to 
> arguments with people because what they say doesn't make sense 
> in your box. You fail to realize there are many boxes... many 
> different levels to view, and understand. I too have a similar 
> problem, completely opposite in some sense. I am an outside 
> thinker. I tend to forget that some people are inside thinkers. 
> I can think inside the box, but it is not my preferred 
> medium(it's very limiting to me). I think you should ask 
> yourself if you can think outside the box. If not then it is a 
> flaw you have and you should work on fixing it as it will make 
> you a much more balanced and powerful human. If it's just your 
> preference then just try to keep in mind that you will interact 
> with other types of thinkers in the world. (and try to parse 
> which box people are thinking in based on context)

Actually what you seem to have forgotten is that telling someone 
what personal traits they need to work on "fixing" is a pretty 
dickish thing to do. :)