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Awareness is constructive. Hearing views from abroad is constructive. There are voices here from tech workers in Scandinavia that I couldn't find in tradition

• grzm 10y ago
  Awareness is constructive. Hearing views from abroad is constructive. There are voices here from tech workers in Scandinavia that I couldn't find in traditional news outlets. Yes, awareness is constructive. Is there anything in this thread that isn't elsewhere on HN (and likely in spades)? I'm not at all arguing against being able to discuss constructively how society is influenced. Tech in and of itself may be interesting, but it's ultimately empty if it's not used to benefit society. That said, the comments in this thread are not people talking to each other to reach any kind of understanding (even if not agreement). Can you point to any three exchanges where that's happening? Even our exchange, I feel like you've reacted to my comment as only an argument for the submission to be flagged while ignoring why I thought it has been. It has nothing to do with it being non-tech. It has to do with (a) Ask HN's aren't for addressing YC or YC companies, and (b) whether the discussion is actually accomplishing anything. Flamewars do little to advanced anything constructive, even awareness. HN is for civil and substantive discussion. There are plenty of places elsewhere where people can post micro-rants at each other. HN isn't supposed to be one of them.