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The difference here is that the nerd monkey didn't build the machine. If it breaks, the creator needs to fix it or no one gets the benefit. The creators and mai
by thisisbrians 6y ago
The difference here is that the nerd monkey didn't build the machine. If it breaks, the creator needs to fix it or no one gets the benefit. The creators and maintainers are the ones, ultimately, who stand to obtain power over the ones who can't create and maintain.
- antepodius 6y agoThe guy who owns the company ends up owning the machine, not necessarily the guy who made the machine. It takes a certain amount of backbone to maneuver yourself on top of the monkey pile. Being a clever slave who can make useful machines for your better won't accomplish that.
- thisisbrians 6y agoThis can be true, but a lot of nerds don't need a company to make a machine. A side project becomes a business solely owned by the nerd, for example. I'm assuming the nerds do have this freedom, however (I certainly do in the US).