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I really don't understand people fascination with idolization. There is no such thing as "one person alone invented this great technology".
by rambojazz 7y ago
I really don't understand people fascination with idolization. There is no such thing as "one person alone invented this great technology".
- unforeseen9991 7y agoExactly. Especially someone suggesting we "owe" him something. I don't own that old fucking fossil anything, if anything we could say he's responsible for this fucking mess to begin with.
- Angostura 7y agoIts the man who designed the original protocols with expressed purpose of allowing anyone to have the ability to publishing information and link it in an open, democratic way. He also too extreme pains to make sure the work was open, unencumbered by patents etc and widely available. You fact you;ve just types what you have means you absolutely do owe the fucking fossil something, you ingrate.
- GhettoMaestro 7y ago> You fact you;ve just types what you have means you absolutely do owe the fucking fossil something, you ingrate. Error: Circular logic detected. Also, possible hints of idol-worship and lack of objectivity detected. Just because someone was "first" to something doesn't mean we must worship them. Humans are fallible. Tim is also human. To think he is some kind of god is just asinine logic.
- dang 7y agoPersonal attacks and name-calling aren't allowed here, and we ban accounts that post like this. You may not owe Tim better, but you definitely owe this community better if you want to post here. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the spirit of the site more to heart? We'd be grateful.
- alecbenzer 7y agoYeah, I don't have any informed opinions on Tim's role in DRM or related things, but the idolization surrounding him always left a bad taste in my mouth.