Can't you just marvel at the achievement without worrying whether celebrating this could be seen as taking something away from somebody else?
Personally I don't care much who was first. There were others roughly around the same time trying similar things. It's the same with "who invented the airplane" and "who invented radio". Many countries lay claim to having been the first to do X or Y. I don't care much and I don't think anybody else should.
Zuse built an amazing machine. Does that not warrant a bit of respect?
Add that he had no help from the government or any big company. Does that still not warrant a bit of respect?
In my life I have "invented" quite a few algorithms that later turned out to be an old hat because smarter people had already invented them years or even decades earlier. To me that does not take away from my achievement :-)
It's not important whether you are the first one to achieve something.
It is important that you achieved it.
> I never understood this culture of envy in tech.
Eny seems to be one of humanities driving forces. If it was in tech only. I once passed through Gilroy in California which claims to be "Garlic Capital of the World" … and I visited Lautrec, where they already grew their (delicious) pink garlic since the middle ages. All I care for is taste, not quantity of production.
And let's not start to think about the various books of records, sigh. Or 100 places or things to do or visit before one dies?
Without knowing what's behind the link that says nothing. It could be comparing their achievements, the architectures or many things. You just (seem to?) interpret it in a certain way.
Can't you just marvel at the achievement without worrying whether celebrating this could be seen as taking something away from somebody else?
Personally I don't care much who was first. There were others roughly around the same time trying similar things. It's the same with "who invented the airplane" and "who invented radio". Many countries lay claim to having been the first to do X or Y. I don't care much and I don't think anybody else should.
Zuse built an amazing machine. Does that not warrant a bit of respect? Add that he had no help from the government or any big company. Does that still not warrant a bit of respect?
In my life I have "invented" quite a few algorithms that later turned out to be an old hat because smarter people had already invented them years or even decades earlier. To me that does not take away from my achievement :-)
It's not important whether you are the first one to achieve something. It is important that you achieved it.