I cannot tell you how gratifying it is to see my words described as "rational." Many technologists have a Right-Libertarian bent which rests on a fundamentally

I cannot tell you how gratifying it is to see my words described as "rational." Many technologists have a Right-Libertarian bent which rests on a fundamentally irrational trust in the ethics of the private firm, as a reflective validation of their own unimpeachable ethics. In short, they hate to be reminded that private corporations are unaccountable, and dangerously unethical. It can make it very hard to sleep at night. Edit: I mean, there are probably other factors at play, too. 1. https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideo...