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by kkfx 370 days ago
Me personally I hope for a paradigm change: there is no reason to use an office suite instead training people from the school to use proper typesetting and computing software.

We have LaTeX wrapped in nth way to typeset, we have easy languages like Python, it's about time to teach plain text power and bring org-mode to modern UIs for the masses because we do not need "an alternative to $ProductOrService" but a different paradigm from the current old mainframe model to an older modern interconnected desktop model where people know how to mold a desktop for their needs and desire instead of depend on someone else computer.

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It’s a great idea until you realize the way people are.
Well... I've managed various people so far and while yes, most are simply way to uneducated/illiterate to work properly in the present world in their roles, they are still capable to learn if properly driven. I've observing that treating people like humans instead of meat-based bots do makes them much more human and a step at a time a team change.

Of course you can't transform things in a snap, but a change is possible if properly conducted. The issue is more the unwillingness of those who conduct than the reactionary ignorance of most.