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>A lot of his behavior is a consequence of taking his ideas to their logical conclusion.

Any philosophy taken to an extreme leads to zealotry. I don't think Stallman is special in that regard. If I'm in layover I don't wanna hear anyone's elevator pitch, full stop. I'm miserable enough as is after being legally frisked and fighting airport traffic to get to a gate an hour early despite the airlines inevitably delaying the flight themselves by 2 hours.

We can learn what NOT to do while embracing the aspects that made him so empassioned about this stuff to begin with.



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