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Generic ideological tangents are off topic on HN. You can't get much more generic (or ideological) than freedom-good-or-bad.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18333236.



@dang - I don’t understand.

A: “X seems to have positive utility. I wonder if it is sustainable long term.”

B: “You should wonder if your utility function is suitable for any term.”

How is it ideological?

P.S - I never heard the term “idiological tangents” before. According to Google you are the only one using it. I’d say that’s a Wofelooperga.




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