Hacker News with Generative AI: Ideology

Dark Mirror Ideologies (fortressofdoors.com)
There's a phenomenon I call a "Dark Mirror" ideology. Such an ideology is by definition paired with a "Light Mirror" ideology that it stands in opposition to.
Ideology, Philosophy, Social Commentary
75 points by surprisetalk 19 days ago | 90 comments
Who Is Free Software For? (tante.cc)
For a while I have been arguing that maybe there are some issues with the whole “Open*” movements, their founding myths and ideologies (see for example my talk at Fluconf). This criticism comes from a place of love.
Free Software, Open Source, Ideology, Criticism
65 points by NotInOurNames 41 days ago | 65 comments
Firefox Is the Superior Browser (asindu.xyz)
When ever you hear people trying to convince other people to switch to Firefox the reason is usually moral or ideological.
Firefox, Browsers, Morality, Ideology
85 points by max_ 140 days ago | 74 comments
What the World Is Like: Who Knows It – and Why (1983) (chomsky.info)
You’ve written about the way that professional ideologists and the mandarins obfuscate reality. And you have spoken — in some places you call it a “Cartesian common sense” — of the commonsense capacities of people. Indeed, you place a significant emphasis on this common sense when you reveal the ideological aspects of arguments, especially in contemporary social science. What do you mean by common sense? What does it mean in a society like ours?
Philosophy, Ideology, Social Science, Common Sense, Noam Chomsky
8 points by yamrzou 210 days ago | 0 comments
Unscientific American – Science journalism surrenders to progressive ideology (city-journal.org)
Science Journalism, Politics, Ideology
18 points by salemh 353 days ago | 12 comments