[pasabagi]

>a branch that is entirely value free

I think values are a little bit like the GPLv3. They virally propogate into anything they are even the slightest part of. So while game theory, as maths, is value free, its place in economic theory, its promotion, its funding, its employment, are all eminently value-driven. Seeing parts of a discourse as clean, free of value judgements is to misunderstand value judgements. Information without value has only analytical meaning. Every piece of synthetic judgement implies a value system - people telling you otherwise are generally trying to sell their values through dishonest means.

[jancsika]

> I think values are a little bit like the GPLv3. They virally propogate into anything they are even the slightest part of.

Hm... I have a git repo that includes a) some 3-clause BSD licensed code and b) a GPLv3 licensed plug-in.

The GPLv3 licensed plug-in certainly counts as being "part of" this repository.

Could you please explain how the GPLv3 code "virally propogates" across the full repository? How is a patch submitted to the 3-clause BSD licensed code tainted by the GPLv3 plug-in?

[bjhoops1]

Strongly agree about values propagated into everything. Speaking of game theory, I highly recommend Adam Curtis' documentary The Trap. He talks about John Nash, the Cold War ethos and his struggle with schizophrenia, both of which highly influenced his work and view of humankind as utility-maximizing machines. Obviously lots of economic implications, kind of touches on "homo economicus", that sort of thing.