@iris_meredith It's interesting to see the connections you make, but overall I'd say the inhumanity of the tech industry is due to the capitalist superstructure rather than attributes of information workers.

As a programmer that does think of myself more of a mental being than a body, I can't relate to the ideas that studying complex systems leads to a weaker sense of self or that body disassociation is an indicator for sociopathic violence (cf. heightened sensuality may fuel racial animus).

@david_chisnall
There are more problems with components than just monetization.

Plug-in style extensions add extra layers of complexity for both developers and users. End users have to source and manage thier plug-ins. Developers often build their plug-in for only one operating system or one version of the application then abandon it.

There are good technical and social reasons for projects (such as the Linux kernel) to use a monolithic model.

@futurebird