Anyone who works in technology is going to have to deal with intellectual property, as well as the laws/attitudes around the same. Moreover, music is an essent

Anyone who works in technology is going to have to deal with intellectual property, as well as the laws/attitudes around the same. Moreover, music is an essential component of culture, which means comprehension of music, or at least its recombinant nature, may improve your chances of creating a consumer product people love. edit: And come on, you've been around long enough to have read the FAQ: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." (my emphasis) This passes by any measure. Being well-rounded is a good idea. I love seeing content like this way more than the insipid, obvious, naval-gazing, circlejerking blog nonsense that often passes for worthwhile reading just because the author mentions "funding" or "startups" or anything else in vogue n times before the post finishes.