Appreciate your response, and I'm happy you made the comment as it piqued my interest in the subject matter.
Could you help me understand what part of the stated position reminded you of Ayn Rand / objectivism? I'm struggling to make the exact connection.
Is it that ppl who read Ayn Rand tend to project a selfish motive on others?
Also, would love to read more on why you're not a fan of Ayn Rand if you have any links.
And, for the record, upon further inspection, my statement about CL was misleading. CL makes a lot of money, and profits could easily cover the cost of product development. I'm guessing their business philosophy just runs counter to these improvements.
There's way too much here to get into on an unrelated comment thread (it's a little unfair to the OP). Kinda wish HN had DM functionality right now...
My recommendation would be to write a blog post about the virtues of Objectivism, then submit it to HN. If people like it enough and it gets front-paged, I promise I'll be there in the comments and we can argue all you like ;)
Could you help me understand what part of the stated position reminded you of Ayn Rand / objectivism? I'm struggling to make the exact connection.
Is it that ppl who read Ayn Rand tend to project a selfish motive on others?
Also, would love to read more on why you're not a fan of Ayn Rand if you have any links.
And, for the record, upon further inspection, my statement about CL was misleading. CL makes a lot of money, and profits could easily cover the cost of product development. I'm guessing their business philosophy just runs counter to these improvements.