Matt "msw" Wilson

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Socio-technical Systems Engineer at #Amazon | Free and Open Source (#FOSS) Advocate | he/him/they/them | Opinions: my own

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Matt "msw" Wilson @msw@mstdn.social · Jan 21, 2023

Matt "msw" Wilson

@msw@mstdn.social

Socio-technical Systems Engineer at #Amazon | Free and Open Source (#FOSS) Advocate | he/him/they/them | Opinions: my own

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Replying to @yacc143@mastodon.social

@yacc143@mastodon.social @adamjcook@mastodon.social @jiva@devoe.social @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @uliwitness@chaos.social I don't think anyone said that the charities were irrelevant.

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Matt "msw" Wilson @msw@mstdn.social · Jan 20, 2023

Matt "msw" Wilson

@msw@mstdn.social

Socio-technical Systems Engineer at #Amazon | Free and Open Source (#FOSS) Advocate | he/him/they/them | Opinions: my own

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Replying to @adamjcook@mastodon.social

@adamjcook@mastodon.social @jiva@devoe.social @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @uliwitness@chaos.social ah, I see. I'm not used to seeing "cynical" as the contrast against "altruism". I am skeptical that altruism exists in humanity (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism/) and it's _definitely_ not how corporations operating in a capitalist system tend to operate. I think that "enlightened self-interest" is generally more reliable behavior to expect than altruism. But I wouldn't call that cynicism. Just reality (based on my personal, biased, flawed perspective).

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Matt "msw" Wilson @msw@mstdn.social · Jan 20, 2023

Matt "msw" Wilson

@msw@mstdn.social

Socio-technical Systems Engineer at #Amazon | Free and Open Source (#FOSS) Advocate | he/him/they/them | Opinions: my own

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Replying to @adamjcook@mastodon.social

@adamjcook@mastodon.social @jiva@devoe.social @mrzaius@hachyderm.io @uliwitness@chaos.social why "cynical"?

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Matt "msw" Wilson @msw@mstdn.social · Jan 16, 2023

Matt "msw" Wilson

@msw@mstdn.social

Socio-technical Systems Engineer at #Amazon | Free and Open Source (#FOSS) Advocate | he/him/they/them | Opinions: my own

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Replying to @stargirl@hachyderm.io

@stargirl@hachyderm.io an aside, on "volunteering" .. I ran across a piece that @webmink@meshed.cloud has cooking. I'm more familiar with the ASF philosophy and practice, and what he's written rings true for me. Curious if any of it rings true for PSF folk. https://the.webm.ink/on-volunteering

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