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@optimizoor
ESR is the author of “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”. Now that he has come clean on his antagonistic stance on trans, how does that impact the ethos of Ethereum? Also, point 1 is harder to achieve once someone has grown past puberty without puberty blockers.
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Spencer Graham 🧢
@spengrah.eth
once an idea exists, we (various communities) are allowed to assess the idea on its merits without interference from its original creator's other ideas sometimes the creator's (bad) other ideas reveal a foundational issue with the idea at hand, in which case it's value to the community should be reconsidered but otherwise the original idea should stand, regardless of the creator's other ideas I think the Cathedral/Bazaar and Tragedy of the Commons are good examples of good ideas that happen to have been brought forth by people with questionable other ideas
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Andi
@0xandi
could you elaborate on the tragedy of the commons being a good idea?
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Spencer Graham 🧢
@spengrah.eth
The original ideator doesn't seem like a very good person, and may not have had the best of intentions when describing the concept/theory of the tragedy of the commons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Hardin As a result, some people have called into question the merits of the idea. For example: https://aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-a-false-and-dangerous-myth However, to me, the idea clearly has merit
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Andi
@0xandi
I don’t think the challenging of Hardin‘s hypotheses is based on his flawed character, albeit he made it extremely simple to disagree with him based on that. The flaw in his theory lies in the reductionist, overly simplifying approach to it. That’s why his hypothesis does not explain reality and is nowhere close in predicting future outcomes. The point is, it’s a narrative fit to an ideology, not scientific quest for truth. The narrative was welcomed by the context of up and coming neo-liberal capitalism, citing it as justification for encroachment policies. Real data over decades has disproven the tragedy of commons, showing that privatized management depletes common resources compared to collaborative co-owning and co-stewarding. There are simply better models than Hardin‘s to explain reality. His wretched mind is just the cherry on top, although I would argue that’s why he was so limited in his perception to understand complex systems. A limitation the competitor Ostrom didn’t face
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