3/20/22

terry.txt

There was someone named Terry Davis. You can read about him on wikipedia.
Terry understood that the way big software companies made software was harmful for regular people.
But he did not understand how to explain it to the people it was harming.
To make sure he could never explain it in a way that people could understand, the people who wanted to
create harmful software on purpose caused him to harm himself in ways he didn't understand.

I think that the people who wanted to help him thought that he was sick and that they needed to try to
change the way that he thinks. But I think that if those people had tried to understand what
he was saying, they would have seen that Terry's mind was so preoccupied with trying to explain
something really important that he just forgot to take care of himself.
If you take care of someone that isn't taking care of themself, then they will depend on you.
The problem was that the people who tried to help Terry didn't make him feel like the problem
he was so concerned about was going to get fixed. So he could never collect himself enough to start taking care of himself.

Even though Terry was doing something very valuable, the people taking care of him did not benefit from that value.
People have a tool they can use for this situation: Money. Terry did not have enough money.

I started by building a bank. I don't need to explain anything to anyone.