Yay! More click bait-y doom-and-gloom nonsense from Medium.com. /s Seriously, what's the deal with these poor quality posts and why do they float so high in th

Yay! More click bait-y doom-and-gloom nonsense from Medium.com. /s Seriously, what's the deal with these poor quality posts and why do they float so high in the Hacker News rankings? Aside: The same can be said for posts linking to theguardian lately. The internet dream is far from dead. Despite numerous setbacks surrounding lack of security/privacy, new standards/practices are being introduced to fix the issues. The whole personal computer ecosystem that used to be dominated by vendor-monopolized platforms have continually become more open and flexible over time. The flexibility to share data and services across the web in a standardized manner has never been better. 10 years ago, tools like Zapier that thrive in the ecosystem of openness never would have been possible. There are public APIs and microservices for anything and everything nowadays. The developer tools and platforms are evolving at an ever-increasing rate. Data silos are crumbling. Patent/copyright trolls are getting paid their due. Sources of very high quality educational materials are abundant and free. etc... We live in truly exceptional times.