David Gelernter's tired old plagerized Lifestream and Mirror Worlds ideas (which he illegitimately patented) were hardly original or unique (which even Leonardo da Vinci and Bob Graham invented long before he did), and now he (and his son Daniel Gelernter) have degenerated into yet another couple of dime-a-dozen foaming at the mouth batshit crazy alt-right extremist Trump boot licking big lie spreading climate change denying misogynistic racist birtherism promoting sociopaths, who are religiously and sexistly against women in the workforce, and angrily think working mothers harm their children and should stay at home.
>He is a former national fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and senior fellow in Jewish thought at the Shalem Center. In 2003, he became a member of the National Council on the Arts.[21] Time magazine profiled Gelernter in 2016, describing him as a "stubbornly independent thinker. A conservative among mostly liberal Ivy League professors, a religious believer among the often disbelieving ranks of computer scientists..."[22]
>Endorsing Donald Trump for president, in October 2016, Gelernter wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal calling Hillary Clinton "as phony as a three-dollar bill", and saying that Barack Obama "has governed like a third-rate tyrant".[23][24] In his capacity as a member of the Trump transition team, Peter Thiel nominated Gelernter for the Science Advisor to the President position; Gelernter did meet with Trump in January 2017 but did not get the job.[25]
>In 2018, he said that the idea that Trump is a racist "is absurd."[26] In October 2020 he joined in signing a letter stating: "Given his astonishing success in his first term, we believe that Donald Trump is the candidate most likely to foster the promise and prosperity of America."[27]
>Gelernter has spoken out against women in the workforce, saying working mothers were harming their children and should stay at home.[13] Gelernter has also argued for the U.S. voting age to be raised, on the basis that 18-year-olds are not sufficiently mature.[28]
Politics of software authors are usually irrelevant. I disagree with Eric S. Raymond on a bunch of things, but that doesn't mean his software should be boycotted by association. I draw the line at the author being a literal murderer, which is why I don't use ReiserFS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestreaming#Before_lifestrea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gelernter#Politics
>Politics
>He is a former national fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and senior fellow in Jewish thought at the Shalem Center. In 2003, he became a member of the National Council on the Arts.[21] Time magazine profiled Gelernter in 2016, describing him as a "stubbornly independent thinker. A conservative among mostly liberal Ivy League professors, a religious believer among the often disbelieving ranks of computer scientists..."[22]
>Endorsing Donald Trump for president, in October 2016, Gelernter wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal calling Hillary Clinton "as phony as a three-dollar bill", and saying that Barack Obama "has governed like a third-rate tyrant".[23][24] In his capacity as a member of the Trump transition team, Peter Thiel nominated Gelernter for the Science Advisor to the President position; Gelernter did meet with Trump in January 2017 but did not get the job.[25]
>In 2018, he said that the idea that Trump is a racist "is absurd."[26] In October 2020 he joined in signing a letter stating: "Given his astonishing success in his first term, we believe that Donald Trump is the candidate most likely to foster the promise and prosperity of America."[27]
>Gelernter has spoken out against women in the workforce, saying working mothers were harming their children and should stay at home.[13] Gelernter has also argued for the U.S. voting age to be raised, on the basis that 18-year-olds are not sufficiently mature.[28]
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02/trumps-science-advis...
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/01/25/gelernter-denies-m...
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/david-gelernter-...
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/donald-trumps-shadow-...
https://amgreatness.com/2021/06/08/why-i-need-an-ar-15/
https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/who-would-you-shoot