While Numair might have good intentions, this letter is like slogging through a pseudo-intellectual rant by a liberal arts student.
It's not necessarily the sentiment that I disagree with, but the way it's presented. While yes, it's good to find happiness and belonging through personal one-on-one interactions, it doesn't make the people who seek the same though work, or material possessions wrong.
I find it funny that he would go on about how he dislikes the people in tech, and how the entire industry is uncreative, only to post it to Hacker News, a site on the ycombinator domain.
Ultimately Markus and the team at Mojang made something that people wanted, and cared about. I've spent countless hours on Minecraft and I still love the game, along with millions of other people.
It's not necessarily the sentiment that I disagree with, but the way it's presented. While yes, it's good to find happiness and belonging through personal one-on-one interactions, it doesn't make the people who seek the same though work, or material possessions wrong.
I find it funny that he would go on about how he dislikes the people in tech, and how the entire industry is uncreative, only to post it to Hacker News, a site on the ycombinator domain.
Ultimately Markus and the team at Mojang made something that people wanted, and cared about. I've spent countless hours on Minecraft and I still love the game, along with millions of other people.
Markus should, and will, make his own way.