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Why is tech infested with know-it-all libertarians? Honestly, do you think we'd all be better off in a lawless anarchy?
by yoube 7y ago
Why is tech infested with know-it-all libertarians? Honestly, do you think we'd all be better off in a lawless anarchy?
- dymk 7y agoSame reason "Let's just throw it away and rewrite it the right way this time!" is such a common failure mode of engineering projects. While it nearly assures the death of the project, it's so enticing due to its simplicity.
- dfischer 7y agoThe point isn’t to throw it away - law has meaning. It has less meaning when it defines everything.
- jMyles 7y agoI can't speak for the rest of "tech", but this know-it-all libertarian prefers lawful anarchy to the lawless variety. :-) (Not sure I'm really a libertarian either, but almost certainly a know-it-all)
- _tb 7y agoyes.
- WalterSear 7y agoCognitive artifacts exacerbate the fundamental attribution error in proportion to their social effect.
- quickthrower2 7y agoI think the parent meant less laws, not lawless. Anarchy? No.
- dfischer 7y agoCorrect. Typical knee-jerk reaction of our zeitgeist. Sad, downvoted? Ok - what a way to inspire conversation. Thanks HN. Stay bright.
- loxs 7y agoStrange, I thought it's infested with know-it-all socialists.