Grammer #14.

Writing clean and concurrent programs is hard - very hard. It is much easier to write code that executes in a single thread. It is also easy to write multithreaded code that looks fine on the surface but is broken at a deeper level. Such code works fine until the system is placed under stress.

In the same way he gave us his “likeness”, he gave us personal responsibility within limits. He wants us to “rule and subdue” the earth and to be responsible stewards over the life he has given us. To do that, we need to develop boundaries like God’s.

People generally fear conflicts, so they avoid useful arguments out of fear that the tone will escalate into personal attack they can not handle.