AIGA talk by Jonathan Harris: Cold : Bold
Harris thinks that working intimately with code depletes your ability to be intimate with humanity. The reason: filling your brain with a complete understanding of complex digital systems decreases the amount of space available for understanding the complexities of personal relationships. In other words, either you can be a good programmer or you can be an emotional human being, not both.
“Computer geeks are socially awkward? You don’t say.” Yes, yes, but this “outpouring of thought” is much more than that. Harris is intensely thoughtful and introspective. As someone who constantly phases between the worlds of art, code, and design, I found myself empathizing with everything he said.
