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Re:The Google Question: Is The Hacker Ethic Compatible With ... by cscurmudgeon on Sunday March 17, 2013 @11:35AM (#5389544)
No the buck stops with the fundamental laws of physics.

What you are suggesting will quickly devolve into barbarism. E.g., if I build a house, don't I at least have the right to sleep peacefully in it with my family?

Suppose I start with raw materials Y, and transform that into X. Are you saying that everyone else has the same rights to X as I have?

Then, in that case you don't even own your body. Watch out for my horde of pillagers and looters! :)

"I owe no man."

Similarly, no other man owes you anything!

Re:The Google Question: Is The Hacker Ethic Compatible With ... by PavlovsCat on Monday March 18, 2013 @01:50PM (#5395866)
What you are suggesting will quickly devolve into barbarism.

Contrary to what? You really think a bunch of people owning most of the land makes us more civilized? That this is not barbarism? HEH.

Oh, and I also mentioned people owning their time and work, so maybe I should have added "dignity" to that and it would have nipped your strawman right in the bud. I just thought it obvious that I am suggesting something less selfish, not more selfish. I suggest shared ownership of shared resources, born out of taking selfish human delusions less seriously. I suggest a bigger focus on stewardship and less delusions of ownership.

But you have a point; this suggestion is not intended for barbarians who think leashes make people better or viable in the first place, just because it's true for them. I simply have no plan for those yet, sorry.

Re:The Google Question: Is The Hacker Ethic Compatible With ... by cscurmudgeon on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @09:37PM (#5405002)
Contrary to what? You really think a bunch of people owning most of the land makes us more civilized? That this is not barbarism? HEH.

Are you comparing pillagers with land owners? Sigh

and I also mentioned people owning their time and work

Tell me what kind of work you can produce without using any natural resources?

I suggest shared ownership of shared resources, born out of taking selfish human delusions less seriously. I suggest a bigger focus on stewardship and less delusions of ownership.

This is nothing but a subtle leash.