My favorite variation on this meme is where the robot is labeled “clisp” (a less popular Lisp implementation) and its purpose is “to bootstrap sbcl” (a popular Lisp implementation)
If you compare it to other server systems, it is pretty typical. I remember talking to Cisco about buying some lug nuts for our rack and they quoted me a price that was one-hundred times more than you could easily buy them for from a local supplier.
The real issue in Australia, as I imagine it is in most countries, is the fossil fuel industries lobbying the government. Oh and because of lies and misinformation told to voters (thanks Facebook), the country voted in a creationist-level PM, who believes that if the whole world burns, it's a punishment from god.
Ah, while there is a lot of good advice here, but just reading your symptoms, it sounds like you may have adult ADHD. Forget what most people think ADHD is, it should technically be called Executive Function Disorder and can be associated with social anxiety, racing thoughts, motivation, etc. Go and see a psychiatrist who specialising in ADHD and anxiety.
Ah. Alan Kay himself said that he feels they got the boundaries/sizing wrong when designing OO, so there really shouldn't be any mention of 'blind worship'. As far as I am aware, Kay has never been caught up in his own hubris.
There are some nice opinions put forth in this essay, but that's just it: opinion does not carry the same weight as a scientific theory. And all the great examples of scientists ignored by their peers, had done the hard work of producing actual data.
