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Re:Ask HN: What are your recommended reads that are availabl... by hodwik on Thursday May 28, 2015 @09:31AM (#9617967)
> "have no grounds to look down upon those who are getting their hands dirty."

Reading Proust isn't getting your hands dirty? I don't think you've read Proust.

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Re:Ask HN: What are your recommended reads that are availabl... by hoopd on Thursday May 28, 2015 @04:45PM (#9621064)
Getting hands dirty == interfacing with reality where mistakes are possible

You could hold Proust's greatest work upside down and read it backwards but nothing bad will happen. If a neurologist makes a mistake they could kill their patient, their hands are dirty because part of their job is making mistakes that hurt people.

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