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Can you explain to me why, in your opinion, politics and software are tightly coupled? Or perhaps provide a citation to an explanation from a (preferably unbias
by profquail 13y ago
Can you explain to me why, in your opinion, politics and software are tightly coupled? Or perhaps provide a citation to an explanation from a (preferably unbiased) source?
Without any evidence, I really don't see why these two things must go together.
- dllthomas 13y agohttp://harvardmagazine.com/2000/01/code-is-law-html http://harvardmagazine.com/2000/01/code-is-law-html
- sbuk 13y agoI wouldn't cite Lawrence Lessig as unbiased.
- dllthomas 13y agoPerhaps not, but it's an obscure enough question that it's not going to be analyzed in any depth by someone without some interest nearby. And the parent did say "preferably unbiased", leaving some implication that a biased source is acceptable absent others. Regardless, the arguments can be evaluated on their merits - Lessig is certainly a serious participant in the discussion.
- pjc50 13y agoConsumption of _anything_ has political implications, albeit trivial ones: you support whoever made it, and the process by which it was made. I don't think there's anything which can truly be declared apolitical, because people can always _make_ it political. Not necessarily "party" politics, but any case where there are costs and benefits which accrue to different groups.