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Why Hackers Must Welcome Social Justice Advocates
- braythwayt 11y ago“Must” is a very opinionated word in the title, but I thought there was a strong point expressed in the post: Hacker culture is political ideology. There is plenty to argue about which ideology it is and so forth, but it is not agnostic. Likewise, she enumerates some goals of open source that I think most people agree with--like meritocracy, learning-by-doing, and openness to contributors--although clearly there are very strong and sometime opposing views on how to accomplish those goals. I rate this +1 for “stimulating my intellectual curiosity."
- unimpressive 11y agoDupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10639838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10639838
- braythwayt 11y agoOne of the places where I disagree with the author is her choice to frame this as a response to any one individual. Her choice to submit it to HN with that as a title did a disservice to the potential for productive discussion. For example, I wouldn’t and didn't click on a post with that title or a discussion about a post with that title, because I am sick and tired of discussing tin foil hat conspiracies. Under this more neutral title, we might find more productive discourse.
- dang 11y agoOn HN we don't count a story as a dupe if it hasn't had significant attention yet. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html