@johnrobb historically most great tech has emerged out of tinkering, curiosity, not "moral intent." That's simply a comforting humanist myth
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@johnrobb@doriantaylor John, I think we already decided a while back that you're a Jeffersonian :) To me your model seems purely post-hoc
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@doriantaylor I prefer "rough consensus and running code" (IETF) as basic statement. - 2 more replies
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@vgr@doriantaylor Moral intent provides a directional arrow, otherwise it's all evolution/monkeys/stagnation. -
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