This line of thought came from Automated Black Box Testing.
I describe how automated testing is a powerful concept in software development. I argue that it is better to test what something does rather than how it does something.
This is as applicable to life. We often get caught up with the methods of doing things. The practice of living life is an ongoing discovery process. We learn from ourselves and others.
This continuous discovery also means that nobody has a monopoly on “the right way” to do something. The right way comes in many forms. Only judged by the global results of the method. Where the act accomplished as intended with minimal negative (or positive) side effects.
There is no monopoly on “the right way”. We should be hesitant to lock down a method or accomplishing something. The method is a guide of how people succeeded, or failed, in the past. Not a prescription. Everybody is different. The desire to grow and come up with one’s preferred approach to do the greatest good should be encouraged.
Good teachers tend to be intelligent individuals. Who want to foster the student’s internal motivation to learn. The teachers help students evolve and use their strengths and preferences to learn. Unfortunately, a rigid curriculum limits the path of evolution of the student. If the student does not take to the curriculum. The student wastes potential on the coercive circumstances.
The internet of ideas illuminates the many paths to achieving a goal and action. We have an opportunity to become more tolerant to people’s differences. More willing to unleash unprecedented potential in everybody.
Brian Takita 