Finding Meaning Where There Isn’t Any

I always applaud people for having experiences that change their perspective on things. That’s how we learn. What I don’t appreciate, though, is people trying to create universal or generalized meanings from those experiences when, frankly, there aren’t any.

Case in point. My friend recently sent me a link to this post about a software guy (maybe UI/UE, unclear; he calls himself a Mozzilian, as in Mozilla web browser, which should give you a clear indication of things to come) who went to a ma...