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Alan Kay said at one point:

> I have always done my work in the context of a group that is set up to maximize a wide spread of talents and abilities. Just as “science” is “a better scientist than a scientist”, such a group is “a better programmer and systems designer than any individual”. Really learning to program — etc. — is really learning about how to be part of a scientific/engineering/design team. As with a sport like basketball, there are lots of fundamentals that all need to do extremely well, and there are also “special abilities” that not every member will have, but which the whole team will have when it is functioning well as a team.

I fear that very few people really spend the time needed to really learn the fundamentals and very few people learn a scientific mindset that would allow them to cooperate effectively with others without getting their ego in the way.