Today is the 72nd anniversary of the passing of Alan Turing.


Turing was a hero not only to the world of computing, but to all humanity. His work changed the course of history, laid foundations for all modern computer science, and expanded what we understood machines (and human minds) could do.
His death was not just a tragedy. It was preventable. The homophobic state that persecuted him robbed the world of a brilliant life and, I believe, stalled the progress of computing by at least a decade.
This Pride Month, remember Alan Turing. Remember what discrimination destroys. Remember what humanity loses when cruelty is made law and violence is used to maintain sameness.
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