Morality, economy, something about China... Perhaps the most HN comment ever on its face, but also could you unpack either of these points? No worries if not, and I can't even decide which one I would like argued for more! I would hope, (only for the sake of the rationality of your points, please do not turn this into something about political correctness), that you are not opposing the Chinese way to morality itself. For the simple reason that it is a fundamental category error! But perhaps more profound a conceit is connecting morality to the economy. Is not our best advances in economics precisely in step with it's secularization, it's scientific nature which needs not for any old ideas of the individual and her maxims or "moral" nature?
I guess, in your system here, what is this thing, economy, that could be harmed by a "lack of morality"? How do we understand it? Which came first? Why and how could there be this connection? I am far from an expert, but this seems to fly in the face of the whole spectrum of thought in this area, from Smith to Marx to Friedman. But would be very interested to understand it more if you have some literature.
Chinese have an open philosophy on knowledge and by proxy, copying that information and imitation. This goes back to the time of Confucius.
Point being: it is somewhat culturally specific to be "anti-copyright". I use that in quotes because it's not exactly that; it's more like Chinese culture's default is to copy and copyright is a relatively recent legal mechanism.
Morality, economy, something about China... Perhaps the most HN comment ever on its face, but also could you unpack either of these points? No worries if not, and I can't even decide which one I would like argued for more! I would hope, (only for the sake of the rationality of your points, please do not turn this into something about political correctness), that you are not opposing the Chinese way to morality itself. For the simple reason that it is a fundamental category error! But perhaps more profound a conceit is connecting morality to the economy. Is not our best advances in economics precisely in step with it's secularization, it's scientific nature which needs not for any old ideas of the individual and her maxims or "moral" nature?
I guess, in your system here, what is this thing, economy, that could be harmed by a "lack of morality"? How do we understand it? Which came first? Why and how could there be this connection? I am far from an expert, but this seems to fly in the face of the whole spectrum of thought in this area, from Smith to Marx to Friedman. But would be very interested to understand it more if you have some literature.
Chinese have an open philosophy on knowledge and by proxy, copying that information and imitation. This goes back to the time of Confucius.
Point being: it is somewhat culturally specific to be "anti-copyright". I use that in quotes because it's not exactly that; it's more like Chinese culture's default is to copy and copyright is a relatively recent legal mechanism.