On: Microsoft acquires Github

[rictic]

A person is a midlife crisis[1] or a railway accident[2] away from being a totally different entity. There is no absolute trust, just risk assessment and reevaluation.

[1] I thought it was just a cliche until I saw it happen to someone. She went through some things and upended her whole life.

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage

[sakuronto → rictic]

The story of Phineas Gage is a lot less common than that of a company undergoing routine changes in leadership, so it's a bit of a silly comparison.