Comment by xpe

I welcome counterarguments, rebuttals, criticisms. I learn very little from downvotes other than guesses like: people don’t like the tone, my comment hit too close to home, people are uninterested in deeper issues of morality or philosophy, people lack enough a grounding to appreciate my words, or impatience, or people don’t like being disagreed with, even if the comment is detailed and thoughtful.

Seeing the downvotes actually tells me we have more work to do. HN ain’t no hotbed for thoughtful analysis, that’s for sure. But it would be better if it was.