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For the past year at least, it's become tiring for me to even read the headlines for these kinds of articles. I've become more and more cynical as people pump o

For the past year at least, it's become tiring for me to even read the headlines for these kinds of articles. I've become more and more cynical as people pump out yet another logical fallacy themed blog post whose headline is carefully crafted to prompt me to get just emotional enough to click on it. I read Hacker News out of habit now, but it's not nearly as enjoyable as it once was. Perhaps I'm just getting old, but I remember the intellectual stimulation of scouring the web for great blog posts around 2002-2004. You know, before people worried about ensuring the content was search-engine optimized, or if they'd be able to sustain the Slashdot (or I suppose Digg/Reddit) effect. There was something special there and people seem to have lost it as they rushed to implement Google Analytics and ensure that their readership kept growing.

parfe 17y ago
There isn't enough stuff. you can consume a blogpost in about a minute, maybe two. during an hour lunch break you can probably finish 20-30 posts. I found that the internet really isn't that big. There's only so many ways to way NoSQL > Sql , or scaffolding is the second coming of Christ, or how to give your VC the perfect handjob. Even with a billion or two people available to you on the net, there just isn't all that much unique stuff. Ya, you've got 5 reasons your startup failed, but they always boil down to "My cofounder didn't work as hard/wasn't as smart as me/I should have listened to PG." The internet itself has basically revealed itself to be 1) A great way to buy books, 2) a replacement for your encyclopedia and 3) porn. The concept that the internet has "more" ideas is bunk. There are just more people.
Arrgh 17y ago
2002? Ha! Try 1994! http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6sok3/either_ive_finally_actually_seen_the_whole/c04rgxo http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6sok3/either_ive_final...

parfe 17y ago

There isn't enough stuff. you can consume a blogpost in about a minute, maybe two. during an hour lunch break you can probably finish 20-30 posts. I found that the internet really isn't that big. There's only so many ways to way NoSQL > Sql , or scaffolding is the second coming of Christ, or how to give your VC the perfect handjob. Even with a billion or two people available to you on the net, there just isn't all that much unique stuff. Ya, you've got 5 reasons your startup failed, but they always boil down to "My cofounder didn't work as hard/wasn't as smart as me/I should have listened to PG." The internet itself has basically revealed itself to be 1) A great way to buy books, 2) a replacement for your encyclopedia and 3) porn. The concept that the internet has "more" ideas is bunk. There are just more people.

Arrgh 17y ago

2002? Ha! Try 1994! http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6sok3/either_ive_finally_actually_seen_the_whole/c04rgxo http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/6sok3/either_ive_final...