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All opinions are political in some sense. However the author is a very well-known writer in the field of computer programming - as opposed to a political figure or someone of an unknown provenance. If you wish to dismiss his writing as fake grass roots rather than genuine, the burden of proof is on you.


Ah. I'm not familiar with the author. It may not be astroturf, but it reads like it. That's a rather unfortunate direction the author took, then.

It finishes in a political argument, far from the interesting personal narrative about working in insurance that it initially seemed to be.


You may enjoy a book he wrote called CODE[0], which is one of my absolute favorites, but I doubt it will convince you to share his political opinions.

0: http://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Softwa...




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