Having been introduced to this forum, and having posted a few comments on other people's posts, I'd like to introduce myself and my philosophical creations. My name is Shlomi Fish, and I have been writing stories and essays and published most of them on my homepage under liberal licences. Both of them convey my viewpoint and influences as an Objectivist, a software developer, an amateur mathematician, and someone who is enthusiastic about the open-source/open-content movements and is an active contributor to them.
I'll be happy if you can take a look at some of the many things I wrote there. While I have many essays, I believe that my stories also vividly convey my philosophy. Among the highlights on what you can find there are:
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Advice for the Young - there was a trend in the online software blogosphere of giving advice to young people a while ago, and I joined the fun and gave my own advice.
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"The Case for File Swapping" - here I present and prove the claim that non-commercial re-distribution of public copyrighted works should be legal.
I later continued this theme in "Why Closed Books are so 19th-century"
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"The Enemy and How I Helped to Fight it" - this was my first story and is still my favourite. It is based on the situation in the Israeli-Lebanese border, but conveys a much more universal message.
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"The One with the Fountainhead" - this is an episode of the T.V. show "Friends" that parodies the book "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. It is probably my funniest piece yet.
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"Open Source, Free Software and Other Beasts" - an article introducing the world of "Free and Open Source Software" to people who are not familiar with it.
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"The Eternal Jew" - an article that nicely summarises the principles of my view on self and of life. Probably the closest essay I've written to pure-Philosophy
I've also been placing some philosophical thoughts and insights, which I did find mature or large-scope enough for a dedicated essay on my homepage, on my blogs.
Anyway, I'd be happy to hear what you think about the stuff I wrote.
Regards, -- Shlomi Fish.