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"Man cannot stand a meaningless life", Carl Jung. I've spent twenty-five years coding, solved some problems, made some money for myself, more for others, but wh
by mftb 5y ago
"Man cannot stand a meaningless life", Carl Jung. I've spent twenty-five years coding, solved some problems, made some money for myself, more for others, but what have I accomplished? It's unlikely it will be through a stackoverflow answer or a post on HN, but I quietly maintain the hope that maybe someday, through Free Software or otherwise sharing my knowledge and code, I might actually accomplish something meaningful. The economic value you're talking about has little meaning for me.
- golemiprague 5y agoInteresting the use of "Man", maybe women are less willing to share? It is well known that there are much less female contributors to open source or wikipedia, even in the pre childbearing phase. I think it derives from the traditional roles of men and women, men creates value or hunt or acquire resources in some way and then give it for "free" to their wives and children while the women role is to hog those resources for themselves and children. I wonder if this is ever going to change and how long it will take. In my personal experience I have found women to be far less generous, as if it it hurt them to give something without some benefit derived, but that is just anecdotal, I wonder what other people experiences are.
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