I'm a skeptic. But even in my materialistic world view, sometimes I recognize a kind of Moses climbing down Mt Sinai with some nice ideas. Perhaps the simile is a bit forced, but I had a sort of epiphany watching Bret Victor's "Inventing on Principle"talk.
Bret helps deconstruct the stereotyping of us computer geeks as shallow types. He has a vision, he has a mission, and, best of all, he can show you how computer programming should really be done! As with any bona fide guru, he also has a huge following. His ideas are catching on, as evidenced by Chris Granger live game editor in Clojurescript. To get your own epiphany, watch the talk, and then visit Brett's WorryDream.com page, which is a marvel by itself.
