[yoube]

Why is tech infested with know-it-all libertarians? Honestly, do you think we'd all be better off in a lawless anarchy?

[dymk]

Same reason "Let's just throw it away and rewrite it the right way this time!" is such a common failure mode of engineering projects.

While it nearly assures the death of the project, it's so enticing due to its simplicity.

[dfischer]

The point isn’t to throw it away - law has meaning. It has less meaning when it defines everything.

[quickthrower2]

I think the parent meant less laws, not lawless. Anarchy? No.

[dfischer]

Correct. Typical knee-jerk reaction of our zeitgeist.

Sad, downvoted? Ok - what a way to inspire conversation. Thanks HN. Stay bright.

[WalterSear]

Cognitive artifacts exacerbate the fundamental attribution error in proportion to their social effect.

[jMyles]

I can't speak for the rest of "tech", but this know-it-all libertarian prefers lawful anarchy to the lawless variety. :-)

(Not sure I'm really a libertarian either, but almost certainly a know-it-all)

[_tb]

yes.

[loxs]

Strange, I thought it's infested with know-it-all socialists.