Too many people think of politics as a tribal team sport. It's not. Politics overlaps with tech because it's really about labelling situations accurately and modelling consequences effectively.
If you fail at those, politics can literally kill you.
Technology happens to be one of the ways it can do that.
HN was never about technology, just things interesting people find interesting.
Its in the rules. And up to Dang to decide.
Technology isn't apolitical.
Too many people think of politics as a tribal team sport. It's not. Politics overlaps with tech because it's really about labelling situations accurately and modelling consequences effectively.
If you fail at those, politics can literally kill you.
Technology happens to be one of the ways it can do that.