[WikiEN-l] Ayn Rand and Wikipedia

Steve Summit scs at eskimo.com
Thu Nov 13 20:56:36 UTC 2008


Anthony wrote:
> Why would someone be *glad* that it's not obvious who wrote an article?
> What rational reason could there possibly be for such a position?  I'll
> grant that in some situations it might be rational to give away your work
> for free and without attribution, but to be *glad* specifically *because*
> you are not attributed, I don't see how that can possibly be considered a
> moral position within the framework of Objectivism.

Me, I wasn't claiming any moral position within the framework
of Objectivism.  It's more like a [[Random act of kindness]].
(But yes, part of the silly, delicious little thrill is precisely
that the recipient will never know who his benefactor is.
Whether this is rational or not I won't say.)



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