Are you suggesting that novel-idea-density is the average HN reader's sole metric for measuring content? You might be right. I certainly fall into that rut more often than I'd like. I suspect it gives me a dopamine rush.
I liked this piece for the interesting historical miscellany that it pulled together, and for the narrative and visualization on scales of complexity. It got bonus points for including A Humument, which I bought back when I was going through a Douglas Hofstadter phase. (He mentioned it in Metamagical Themas.)
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Are you suggesting that novel-idea-density is the average HN reader's sole metric for measuring content? You might be right. I certainly fall into that rut more often than I'd like. I suspect it gives me a dopamine rush.
I liked this piece for the interesting historical miscellany that it pulled together, and for the narrative and visualization on scales of complexity. It got bonus points for including A Humument, which I bought back when I was going through a Douglas Hofstadter phase. (He mentioned it in Metamagical Themas.)