Honestly, it would still be better publicity, and equally unusual, if we were known as “Those people with the arrogant Harry Potter fanfiction” rather than “those techno-libertarians, one of whom wrote Harry Potter fanfiction.” Harry Potter fanfic is something the popular audience can at least conceive of someone else enjoying. Techno-libertarianism has a smell, and that is the dead, dusty smell of server rooms in basements: all functionality with no humanity. It makes us sound like Cybermen from Doctor Who.
Honestly, it would still be better publicity, and equally unusual, if we were known as “Those people with the arrogant Harry Potter fanfiction” rather than “those techno-libertarians, one of whom wrote Harry Potter fanfiction.” Harry Potter fanfic is something the popular audience can at least conceive of someone else enjoying. Techno-libertarianism has a smell, and that is the dead, dusty smell of server rooms in basements: all functionality with no humanity. It makes us sound like Cybermen from Doctor Who.