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I always find it weird that we care about what software engineers think about things completely unrelated to software engineers. Why do we care what Richard St
by bb88 7y ago
I always find it weird that we care about what software engineers think about things completely unrelated to software engineers.
Why do we care what Richard Stallman thinks about Epstein? Why does his experience with GNU and Hurd immediately make him expert about human trafficking?
- jchallis 7y agoAn excellent point.
- jimmyvalmer 7y agoAsk yourself why billions are spent on celebrity endorsements. To first order, the opinion of a globally accomplished person matters more, if only as a convenient point of reference. You can argue "non-expert" all day, but the market doesn't care.
- notus 7y agoWhat does tiger woods know about wheaties? Absolutely nothing except other than what it tastes like (maybe).
- epakai 7y agoThis wasn't about Epstein. It was about Marvin Minsky who was a director of the MIT AI lab where Stallman started his ideas about software freedom.