Re:How tech workers at Kickstarter formed one of the only un...
by alexashka on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @04:53PM
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It's the ideal of maximum personal freedom.
Anything that infringes upon personal freedom in any way is seen as a negative.
This is not a tech ideal so much as a capable person's ideal, because capable people are by definition surrounded by people less capable than they are and often dream of nothing more than to rise above them, through merit and hard work.
Merit and hard work gets you places in tech, hence anyone remotely capable is mostly satisfied with the status quo.
Anything that infringes upon personal freedom in any way is seen as a negative.
This is not a tech ideal so much as a capable person's ideal, because capable people are by definition surrounded by people less capable than they are and often dream of nothing more than to rise above them, through merit and hard work.
Merit and hard work gets you places in tech, hence anyone remotely capable is mostly satisfied with the status quo.