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		edmundsauto on Nov 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Technical debt as a lack of understanding Financial literacy is sadly fairly low, so it's not surprising to me that the loan metaphor doesn't immediately reach intuition.

jimbokun on Nov 6, 2020 [–]

In the video linked in the article, Ward Cunningham says he came up with the debt metaphor to explain to the finance guys he was working with.

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