<div dir="auto"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 2:16 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
To me, Anders leaving was the greatest loss the list has suffered.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I appreciate the direct sentiment...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Answers was a contributor of high quality content, but he's still alive and contributing great content to this world. Many former contributors to this list are also gone from this world (and some without the promise of de-stasis)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">...but secondarily it's evidence of a problem that isn't likely to be solved organically</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If this list could be viewed as a sports team, Anders may have been a star player but that's a liability as much as an asset. How would you (all) suggest we replace the key aspects of a retired player with a robust mix of new skills so the franchise can win the [big prize] (i can't believe I've fallen into a sportsball analogy and have no idea how to get out)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyway... what's the problem we're trying to solve? In my career as a programmer, i usually ask this question several times snd several ways to make sure the work is aligning with the intention. </div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div></div></div>