Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction
by donaq on Thursday October 27, 2011 @11:23PM
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If something is inherently good/true it will stand by it's own characteristics and not need others who prove them though often they need others to teach others.
That sounds pretty naive. At many points in history, what we now consider good and true were by no means widely accepted and had to be actively fought for. I'm pretty sure many people thought slavery was a good thing at one time and that women were inferior to men.
Re:Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs: correction
by dorian-graph on Thursday October 27, 2011 @11:51PM
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Perhaps naive if someone focuses on the first part on the sentence and not the latter half and the second sentence. I assume too my understanding of what truth is to vary from what I suppose I would refer to as a 'common' understanding.
People discover truth and until they do they often act in ways that do not align with truth hence, slavery and so on. Some people still think slavery is good and that women are inferior to men.
This is one of the 'worst' qualities of him and his cause. He, and others, seem so thoroughly convinced they've stumbled upon a perfect understanding of what the world needs and don't have the ability to humour themselves with the possibility that maybe others (Apple, Microsoft, ..) are onto something good.
I've noticed that with many of these 'causes' they have a good ideology yet simply lack any actual teaching skills in order to get it across to others especially those who would apparently most benefit from it.
If something is inherently good/true it will stand by it's own characteristics and not need others who prove them though often they need others to teach others. Also, if the masses choose something 'bad' then that is what they receive.