That being said, I'm not sure about how discussing politics on HN would go. While I think it's essential to assess the political implications of any project, es

That being said, I'm not sure about how discussing politics on HN would go. While I think it's essential to assess the political implications of any project, especially in CS where things go global real fast, it will be difficult (although interesting) to have meaningful interactions between people of wildly different viewpoints and axioms when decrypting reality.