And all I can think of is.
Holy Shit. Stallman was right.
Prescience is a dangerous gift for ones mental health. I like to think of RMS as driven mad by his vision not seeing vision because of being mad.
Holy Shit. Stallman was right.
Prescience is a dangerous gift for ones mental health. I like to think of RMS as driven mad by his vision not seeing vision because of being mad.
I reject your allusion to his insanity. Neurotic behavior is not the same as out-of-control psychotic.
He is right and he was right on basically every count of batshit crazy IP/privacy "conspiracy" he ever conceived. And as crazy and repugnant as we find him. He probably is right about what is coming but we don't see it yet.
I have great respect for his thoughts and ideas, and his steadfastness in following his own rules/guidelines, but I don't like him. If he were to look more the part I would have an easier time telling people about his ideas and thoughts without having to worry about people asking "Is that the guy that eats stuff he pulls from his feet?". His outward appearance influences the way people see him, the way people treat him and how much they value his ideas and how seriously they take them.
That is unfortunately true for anyone in almost any situation.
Too bad people are shallow enough to regard matters of hygiene and mannerisms on the same level as having the uncanny ability to foretell what will happen. When will people learn to just see through that, ignore that... People can be weird and still have something substantial to say.
Guys, did you even stop to think what is he right about? Or if you did stop to think about it, did you also think how do you know that he is right? And if you do indeed observe something seemingly proving that he is right, did you consider other options why that particular phenomenon would take place?
On the other hand, seeing this "two legs is bad, four legs is good" mentality in action is absolutely amazing experience.