The Curse of QWERTY
August 29th, 2008
This article on how we came to comit to the QWERTY keyboard layout was written back in 1997. It’s a good read if you’re interested in that sort of thing. Here’s an excerpt captures the mood:
Commitment to our spouses, our children, and our careers is held to be virtuous; lack of commitment is a common criticism. Yet commitment should be seen as morally neutral. After all, what one is committed to might be either good or bad; commitment to a destructive relationship, an unsatisfying job, or alcoholism deserves no praise. Often, commitment can mean nothing more than an involvement that has outlived its original justification. All of us have at one time or another felt trapped by such a commitment, longing for a happier, though uncertain, state of existence but fearing the short-term pain required to reach it.
Read the full article here.
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