What Martin Fowler thinks about curiosity

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Chief scientist at Thoughtworks and author of Refactoring, Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture and Refactoring: Ruby Edition. His bliki at martinfowler.com has been the reference text on refactoring, testing and architecture for two decades.

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1. 7 Apr 2026

   Our readingSkepticism about a new technology only works if it is total enough to be turned on itself, which is what forces you to stay curious.

   Their wordsMy skepticism has to be absolute and total, which means I have to be skeptical about my skepticism. And that requires that curiosity.

   ↗Martin Fowler & Kent Beck: Frameworks for reinventing software, again and againyoutube.com 5th of 20 in this recording