BathRuby 2015 - A Lever for the Mind

By, Tom Stuart Abstraction is a tool that magnifies the force of the human mind. The use of abstraction to make complex ideas manageable is fundamental to our work as programmers and to human culture as a whole. That's why mathematics — the study of abstraction — is so important and powerful. This is a talk about abstraction: where it comes from, what it's for, and how we can use it to make our programs better. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/GZe6/