Romanticized Pasts

Noted today how two people in disparate fields--Paul Krugman (Economics) and Richard Stallman (Computing)--both seem motivated by a romanticized vision of the past. In Krugman's case, a middle-class New York City suburb in the late 50's and early 60's. In Stallman's case, the bohemian M.I.T. computing culture of the early 70's.

http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-krugman-on-inspiration-liberal-economist?page=full