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Ayn Rand and Silicon Valley have very little in common, unless you are arguing that Silicon Valley has embraced unbridled greed. Indeed, open source, open anyt
by rprasad 14y ago
Ayn Rand and Silicon Valley have very little in common, unless you are arguing that Silicon Valley has embraced unbridled greed. Indeed, open source, open anything is contrary to Randian ideals. Rand would embrace the RIAA and the MPAA and their defense of property rights. Rand stands in opposition to almost every value that has made Silicon Valley worth celebrating.
- Cieplak 14y agoI'm not sure why you were down-voted, because I think you make a good point. My impression of Rand's philosophy, based on reading the Fountainhead, is that people should strive for excellence, and not necessarily greed. I think that the RIAA and the MPAA fall more into the Peter Keating archetype than they do into the Howard Roark archetype.
- smilliken 14y agoThere can be an altruistic side to OSS, but certainly not by definition. Open source projects usually exist for benefit of the authors.