This is a blog post that had been sitting in my drafts for a while, I’m glad I finally polished it up enough to get it out. I wrote it originally in a Hong Kong McDonalds, jet lagged and sleep deprived. Make of that what you will 
It’s not really about Clojure, but somehow these principles apply to Clojure quite well, so they explain to some extent why I like this language and community so much.