Comment by arthurofbabylon
11 hours ago
How does gobbledygook like this get traction on HN? What has happened on HN culturally to allow something like this to surface to the top?
11 hours ago
How does gobbledygook like this get traction on HN? What has happened on HN culturally to allow something like this to surface to the top?
https://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
How is this one a submarine? It is not even PR.
The core premise might still be interesting to discuss, even though the submission itself is not very good.
Disclaimer: I didn't vote for this submission.
A lot of nonsense get traction on HN (and everywhere else).
The revolt of the masses is real.
Happening quickly too. Far too quickly.
It is a little bit old https://www.amazon.com/The-Revolt-of-the-Masses/dp/B0934PV37..., but yeah, I agree that it has been crazy lately.