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The spirit of collaboration and working for a common good absolutely used to exist. Many of the internet's core protocols were built with the spirit of coopera
by donmcronald 6y ago
The spirit of collaboration and working for a common good absolutely used to exist. Many of the internet's core protocols were built with the spirit of cooperation weren't they?
Think about email and the value it adds to the world. Would we ever get the protocols needed to create email if we started right now today? Not a chance.
IMO the previous generation(s) of tech people were way better than what we have today. They were interested in and enthusiastic about building awesome tech / products. Today the only thing anyone with influence is interested in building is a company that can IPO and make them a billionaire.
- pessimizer 6y ago> The spirit of collaboration and working for a common good absolutely used to exist. That currently still exists. It has nothing in particular to do with software, though. People collaborate, academics collaborate. Are you telling me that massive corporations were part of this back in the good old days, just helping people for the fun of it?
- 838812052807016 6y agoI wonder what would happen if there was a law which forbade corporations from pursuing anything going against the common good? Or a law which only allowed companies to pursue the common good?
- oflanac52 6y agoThat would probably mean, for some, shutting down entire industries i.e. smoking, gambling..