Curious about the downvoting of parent. It’s concise, informative, well-argued (in a sense), and contains references for further reading. It therefore seems like a candidate for the top 20 or so comments we’ve had so far.
I may vote for Libertarian political candidates, but that doesn’t mean that I think every single damn website in the cosmos has to be about libertarianism.
If you’re sympathetic to libertarian ideas, I’m surprised you’re not interested in furthering discussion about libertarian approaches to spectrum allocation and land use and transportation policy. What mainstream websites/blogs/pundits do you know of who give anything more than a passing mention of these issues? I find that these issues in particular (IP not so much) are woefully neglected by...just about everyone. Even libertarian organizations (Reason magazine and foundation come to mind) often have very statist stances when it comes to land use and spectrum regulation.
If you’re sympathetic to libertarian ideas, I’m surprised you’re not interested in furthering discussion about libertarian
“A fanatic is someone who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” Not every conversation on the Internet has to be about libertarianism. Anyone who can’t accept that about any of their pet topics is a commenter we can’t afford to have.
Specifically, should posts be about rationality, or can they be “mere” applications of rationalist insights to specific topics?
The latter is a dangerous path to go down, at least for now. But if an application has something new to say about rationality and it’s something that our already iconoclastic readers haven’t heard before—i.e., not the standard arguments for libertarianism or whatever—then I guess so...
Curious about the downvoting of parent. It’s concise, informative, well-argued (in a sense), and contains references for further reading. It therefore seems like a candidate for the top 20 or so comments we’ve had so far.
I may vote for Libertarian political candidates, but that doesn’t mean that I think every single damn website in the cosmos has to be about libertarianism.
If you’re sympathetic to libertarian ideas, I’m surprised you’re not interested in furthering discussion about libertarian approaches to spectrum allocation and land use and transportation policy. What mainstream websites/blogs/pundits do you know of who give anything more than a passing mention of these issues? I find that these issues in particular (IP not so much) are woefully neglected by...just about everyone. Even libertarian organizations (Reason magazine and foundation come to mind) often have very statist stances when it comes to land use and spectrum regulation.
“A fanatic is someone who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” Not every conversation on the Internet has to be about libertarianism. Anyone who can’t accept that about any of their pet topics is a commenter we can’t afford to have.
Agreed. Discussions of dogmatisms such as libertarianism in any of its forms is boring, boring, boring and now what I’d like to read here.
Not that the original post here is an example of that, per se, although I think it comes close.
For the record, while I do have sympathies for libertarian ideas, I consider myself closer to the socialist end of the spectrum.
Notice you didn’t mention ‘human rationality’ at all.
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