There are even more previous discussions than that. The Priceonomics article is just a rehash of an Atlantic article from 1982, with a modern spin on it. Over a

There are even more previous discussions than that. The Priceonomics article is just a rehash of an Atlantic article from 1982, with a modern spin on it. Over a third of the Priceonomics article is just quotes from 1982 original. The original is a far better article overall, but no one has time to read longform these days hence why the rehash is popular. Earlier discussions for the 1982 article: 279 points, 1237 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611 140 points, 2073 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1405698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1405698 96 points 2189 days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1110283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1110283