Comment by waterlesscloud

What the article itself deserves is a minor issue.

What the HN discussion deserves, though, is different. We as a community can do much better than that. We do, sometimes. We can more often.

Perhaps a challenge for anyone who feels that an article really must have a middlebrow dismissal---

Limit your dismissal to a few sentences, then follow on with a paragraph or two of thinking that goes beyond the dismissal into areas of thought sparked by the subject of the article. What bigger picture might it factor into? What underlying phenomenon may be behind it? What additional understanding can it add for us as a community?

I certainly won't try to speak for pg, but one thing to keep in mind is that this is a good way to approach topics if you're trying to come up with new ideas that have big potential. Merely pointing out the existing problems is the first step. Take the next few as well.