On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 10:20:11PM -0400, ravi wrote: > Kendall Clark wrote: > > > > Yes, there are these tensions which pull in opposite directions; one of the > > things I do as a weekly tech columnist is try to get it through the default > > libertarian geek mind haze that capitalism, in fact, sucks. :> > > > > what does "default libertarian geek mind" mean? that by default you > assume all geeks are libertarians? or that you have found them to be so?
I mean that the dominant ideology among the geek set (well, large chunks of it anyway, it's probably not more monolithic than any other subculture) is strong right libertarian, especially on the issue of where technology comes from. It's *not* a David Noble-friendly part of the world, at least as I have experienced it. (And, yes, I do tend to assume that most geeks are right libertarians, given the dominant ideology, but it's a loose assumption which I stand ready to modify. Anyway, not sure how this is relevant...) > > Sorry, but I wouldn't dream of asking an actual computer technical question > > on PEL-L or LBO. :> > > why not? Because it's completely off-topic? Isn't that obvious? Kendall
