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My impression: It is 46 pages printed. I opened the link, read three paragraphs, and still not a word about the Manifest Destiny mentioned in the title. Closed

• matthewowen 10y ago
  Is this your first time reading the New Yorker?
• JBReefer 10y ago
  That's what good journalism looks like, especially when it covers complex topics
  • danjoc 10y ago
    "At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl." to me, sounds like a romance novel, not objective reporting. From a group that espouses the virtues of a 30 second elevator pitch, I find the down voting odd. There's an incredible amount of verbosity here that essentially adds nothing to the article. At 46 pages, that's roughly half the size of the entire GoLang specification. Long articles are fine so long as the length is required to convey the information presented. Based on the first few paragraphs, this one appears to actively waste time with pretentiousness. Not my cup of tea.
    • codyb 10y ago
      This article isn't written for you then. It's written for the audience of the New Yorker which consistently reads quality long form which paint whole pictures. As a hacker news commentator you probably have far more insight into the start up scene than the vast majority of them. I'm also curious about the 46 pages, I'd put it at about 15 in the print form of the magazine. Enjoyed the read and comment thread quite a bit.