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David Heinemeier Hansson

What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about religion

@dhh · 694 positions · 10 changes of mind

Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.

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  1. Our readingHe is not religious and wishes he were: religion is a societal operating system, and every recent replacement for it has been worse.

    Their wordsReligion is one of those things I've struggled with a lot because I'm not religious. I sort of wish I was. I can now fully appreciate the enormous value having an operating system like that brings not just at the individual level, but rather at a societal level.

    ↗DHH: Future of Programming, AI, Ruby on Rails, Productivity & Parenting | Lex Fridman Podcast #474youtube.com 36th of 36 in this recording

  2. 4 months earlier

  3. Our readingClimatism is stepping up as a suitable alternative to religion for the Danes

    Their wordsAnd clearly, climatism is stepping up as a suitable alternative for the Danes

    ↗We wash our trash to repent for killing Godworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  4. 2 years earlier

  5. Our readingThe human need for a struggle might be better contained through universal religions

    Their wordsThat the human need for a struggle might well have been better contained and channeled through universal religions with a predefined cast of supernatural characters, saints, parables, and purpose

    ↗Misery starts when the struggle endsworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  7. Our readingWithout a broad religious operating system, modern fixes for the human need for struggle are often worse

    Their wordsThat without a broad religious operating system, we end up chasing the same bugs in our innate psyche, but the modern fixes are often way worse

    ↗Misery starts when the struggle endsworld.hey.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  8. 2 weeks earlier

  9. Our readingIt's hard to create a somewhat coherent religion with overall better outcomes for more people than the systems that have been refined for thousands of years.

    Their wordsIt's hard to create a somewhat coherent religion with overall better outcomes for more people than the systems that have been refined for thousands of years.

    ↗God's willworld.hey.com

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