You were responding to the other people, or so I thought.
I guess you did ask me a question, sort of.
There is nothing for me to say though because as far as your hypothetical situation goes, I think it's a minor point.
Does David have a conflict of interest because he profits from his work? Yes, of course he does.
Does this make David wrong? Of course not.
I'm grateful that David is willing to receive money because if he didn't, he couldn't do the work. This is the capitalist trade off and I think it was worth it.
Maybe in your case, if you were willing to charge more for your theorized book, you would actually be able to write it! You'd be able to quit your dayjob and write it! But since you're unwilling to charge for it, it is relegated to fantasy.
So I mean yes there is a conflict of interest, yes it is fair to scrutize David, and we agree on that much. Yes David has, on occasion, made tiny statements that appear to contradict TLOO, but on the whole IMO like a good 99.9% of his stuff perfectly fits TLOO.
So I mean to be of the greatest service possible, I would have to recommend the guy, because that 99.9% outweighs the .1% by a lot. It also outweighs the inevitable conflict of interest that every professional faces. So if a random person on the street were to ask me, I would "highly recommend" David's work. Both his free stuff and his products - his products are really great by the way. Science of Peace and Wanderer Awakening are VERY good. You'd be surprised.
I guess you did ask me a question, sort of.
There is nothing for me to say though because as far as your hypothetical situation goes, I think it's a minor point.
Does David have a conflict of interest because he profits from his work? Yes, of course he does.
Does this make David wrong? Of course not.
I'm grateful that David is willing to receive money because if he didn't, he couldn't do the work. This is the capitalist trade off and I think it was worth it.
Maybe in your case, if you were willing to charge more for your theorized book, you would actually be able to write it! You'd be able to quit your dayjob and write it! But since you're unwilling to charge for it, it is relegated to fantasy.
So I mean yes there is a conflict of interest, yes it is fair to scrutize David, and we agree on that much. Yes David has, on occasion, made tiny statements that appear to contradict TLOO, but on the whole IMO like a good 99.9% of his stuff perfectly fits TLOO.
So I mean to be of the greatest service possible, I would have to recommend the guy, because that 99.9% outweighs the .1% by a lot. It also outweighs the inevitable conflict of interest that every professional faces. So if a random person on the street were to ask me, I would "highly recommend" David's work. Both his free stuff and his products - his products are really great by the way. Science of Peace and Wanderer Awakening are VERY good. You'd be surprised.