The Dysfunctional Family

When I was growing up, this was never mentioned - but they were present everywhere.

By the Nineties, they were recognized, at least in Silicon Valley, where I was working. Everyone was the product of a dysfunctional family - and they were fortunate if it was not a severely dysfunctional family, that made it impossible for them to hold a job.

Everyone was crazy, in one way or the other, and their fellow-workers had to recognize these shortcomings, and work around them.

If these shortcomings were too wide-spread, if most people had them - coping with them was difficult, and for many people, impossible.

This was my situation in the Valley, where the true way was lost (to quote from Dante). The Java programming solution, had been developed by Sun Microsystems but few understood it, or were using it. Eventually Sun Microsystems went out of business itself.

I was part of a Men's Group, composed of Silicon Valley professionals - and we had our own therapist. We spent most of our time discussing our dysfunctional family backgrounds - that were truly awesome.

There was a meditation center, called Spirit Rock, that was part of the Valley. It announced that it was going to find a solution to the problem. by having a special session, composed of its best meditators. The solution never happened, and this attempt was forgotten.

Eventually, about 1210, the Computer Industry got itself sorted out, and only Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft were left. Hundreds of companies went out of business. Startups were common, but usually failed in their basic objective - that was usually. to get rich fast.

Software Development turned out some truly remarkable solutions. But they remained inside the Software Ecosystem. The larger world around it, continued to destroy itself.