"Happy B-Day America! I celebrate the archetypes of my choosing -- Puritan work ethic, Yankee ingenuity, and cowboy independence FTW!"

- John Carmack on Twitter, July 4, 2015

John Carmack is one of those programmers whose opinions I pay extra attention to. Given his success, it's no surprise that these three archetypes are those which he holds most closely.

Forget about the Dark Triad. This is the Red, White, and Blue Triad.