[TDL]

"There are many, many positive software cults in our world today."

Care to name some? I don't believe cultivating religious fervor over anything and rejecting information that disconfirms or challenges your beliefs as a positive thing.

[SkyMarshal]

Peter Thiel on how to run your startup like a cult: http://www.wired.com/2014/09/run-startup-like-cult-heres/

[fit2rule]

The Cult of Linus.

The Cult of RMS.

The Cult of Carmack.

The Cult of antirez.

The Cult of Pike.

Cult, definition:

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4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc. 5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.

[pigeons]

Cult of DJB

[fit2rule]

Yup. Great example.