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Perhaps changing the subject from Andrew Carnegie will express my discomfort with the implicit syllogism more effectively. Cory Doctorow gives his books away f
by chromatic 15y ago
Perhaps changing the subject from Andrew Carnegie will express my discomfort with the implicit syllogism more effectively.
Cory Doctorow gives his books away for free. Cory Doctorow has achieved great financial and literary success. Therefore, everyone who gives books away for free will achieve great financial and literary success.
- tomjen3 15y agoI don't really buy that argument (you could take any property they shared, no matter how irrelevant, and make the same argument, i.e. they both had two feet): Cory Doctorow makes money because he has spent a large amount of time to create an audience, because he writes interesting books and because he is constantly on the lookout for new ways to monitize them. And yeah, most people who pull that of would properly experience success.
- chromatic 15y agoAnd yeah, most people who pull that of would properly experience success. Agreed, but too few of the discussions I've encountered leave out that part and focus on the "Why don't you just give your books away for free?"