There has to be a vanishingly small number of places on the internet where someone could post a question like this and immediately receive a flood of thoughtful, earnest and substantive responses.
So for all its faults, the particular version of Hacker News that’s embodied in this post + comment thread is something I care deeply about - and has had an ongoing positive impact on my life.
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Hacker News at its best.
There has to be a vanishingly small number of places on the internet where someone could post a question like this and immediately receive a flood of thoughtful, earnest and substantive responses.
So for all its faults, the particular version of Hacker News that’s embodied in this post + comment thread is something I care deeply about - and has had an ongoing positive impact on my life.
Great question OP!