[Dominic Harr]

I was at a dinner party where the most fascinating debate came up:

Q: Is the Linux community the modern equivilant of "Galt's Gulch"?

[Bush2000]

Q: Is the Linux community the modern equivilant of "Galt's Gulch"?

A. No. It's more like a Star Trek convention, with weird people wearing stupid clothes, standing around for hours to get a worthless autograph that they can talk about when normal people are out getting laid...

[js1138]

I thought the first principle of objectivism was selfishness, the attempt to maximize one's own wealth. All good things flow from individualism. I'm not sure where this touchie-feelie, share the wealth stuff fits into Rand's universe.