Galambosianism
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Galambosianism is an early precursor to libertarian philosophy promoted by an aerospace engineer named Andrew J. Galambos (1924-1997) during the 1960s. He gave a series of for-pay classes starting with "V-50" ("The Theory of Volition"). Unlike other precursors to libertarianism (such as the ideas of Ayn Rand, Robert LeFevre, Albert Jay Nock, and Ludwig von Mises), Galambos' ideas have largely been thrown in the dustbin of history by his fellow libertarians.

Is it even for real?

    • General_Effort@lemmy.worldOP
      13·
      4 months ago

      Maybe I shouldn’t have linked that article. Sure, it doesn’t sound good, but I’m still struggling with whether this is for real. It almost reads like a spoof on intellectual property, or “consensual use of data” as it’s been rebranded.

      • MagicShel@programming.dev
        4·
        4 months ago

        What do you mean by “if it’s for real?” It’s a real philosophy that someone really thought of, obviously. Has anyone experimented with it? Not that I’ve ever heard of. Would it be a good idea? Sounds pretty awful to me. It would stifle small business, independent learning, building new things on top of old ideas, and would create massive stagnation as no one could afford to do anything new without reinventing everything that is needed as a basis for the new thing.

        Additionally I’m trying to imagine how it would even be possible today and I think you’d need incredibly complex (slow, fragile) mechanisms to make it work.

        • General_Effort@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          4 months ago

          It’s a real philosophy that someone really thought of, obviously.

          It’s not that obvious to me. There are very few hits for Galambosianism. Galambos seems to have been a real person, but even so, it’s not a huge amount of work to make some fake entries here and there.

          • MagicShel@programming.dev
            2·
            4 months ago

            Well, fair enough. My point was it’s a real thought someone had, but not (IMO) a very good one, whoever came up with it. Maybe it was that guy, or maybe it was someone borrowing his clout for whatever it’s worth.