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I think it's a different situation because no one is citing open-source maintainers in their studies, and they have very little influence in policy. I do see y

by edbob 6y ago

I think it's a different situation because no one is citing open-source maintainers in their studies, and they have very little influence in policy. I do see your point about everyone having bias, and it's not fair to stereotype one group as being especially biased. I apologize for showing undue bias myself.

edbob 6y ago
Scott Alexander just posted a very interesting article[0] with a section "2. War On Experts" that covers some of the issues that I was so poorly trying to communicate. His take is probably more harsh than I would want to adopt, but he is deliberately addressing Republicans here so maybe his tone is different for that reason. [0] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-for-republicans https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-for-...