There’s already enough geek-libertarian atmosphere that those of us who aren’t really notice it. But yeah—as I said, I’m not actually sure it would be a good idea. But the shying away from practical application to that particular part of things people are actually interested in fixing in their daily lives is a noteworthy absence.
Your implied claim that quotidian thoughts are unworthy of attention is … look, if you want to convince people all of this is actually a good idea, then when someone asks “so, OK. What are the practical applications of reading a million words of philosophy and learning probability maths?”, answering “How dare you be so short-termist” strikes me as unlikely to work. I mean, I could be wrong …
There’s already enough geek-libertarian atmosphere that those of us who aren’t really notice it. But yeah—as I said, I’m not actually sure it would be a good idea. But the shying away from practical application to that particular part of things people are actually interested in fixing in their daily lives is a noteworthy absence.
Your implied claim that quotidian thoughts are unworthy of attention is … look, if you want to convince people all of this is actually a good idea, then when someone asks “so, OK. What are the practical applications of reading a million words of philosophy and learning probability maths?”, answering “How dare you be so short-termist” strikes me as unlikely to work. I mean, I could be wrong …