This is why we can't have nice things

As far as anyone's concerned, I'm essentially a nobody in the industry. Yet, I feel the desire to comment on the current xz backdoor issue. Except, it isn't from a technical standpoint. But a social one.

Humanity's diversity is amazing. But it's also the reason why we can't have nice things. This xz backdoor issue feels like a wake-up call. I wanted to work on open source projects, but reality of this issue have made it clear that I do not want more mental health issues piled on top. My desire to contribute to the open source community have diminished greatly until people learn to stop applying capitalist values to something that's essentially given away for free.

All this had done is reinforce my pessimism. My pessimism says we won't see an improvement in my lifetime, and I got at least another five decades to go. Maybe people will stop treating life like a zero-sum game and learn to work with one another.

Maybe.

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