Small reason, to know what's going on in tech. Big reason: to read the comments[1], not articles (most are trash and can be summarized in 4 sentences) surround

Small reason, to know what's going on in tech. Big reason: to read the comments[1], not articles (most are trash and can be summarized in 4 sentences) surrounding interesting topics. I actually really like when socially controversial or political topics come up on HN, though I know some others don't, because the discourse level is so much higher than say, Reddit or NYT comments. I want to hear smart people comment on these things much more than I want to hear a magazine article pontificate/give a singular opinion/blame people.[2] I think there is huge value in this community, you guys debating, mentioning interesting stuff, inspiring or encouraging, etc, way more value than if I spent 30 mins a day devouring other "new content" sources. I used to be addicted to reading the news, and for what? I think we gain next to nothing from it. It's trash, fear-mongering, clickbait and submarines. Try going without it completely for two months and you'll realize you missed absolutely nothing except the crisis in X and how celebrity Y hates Z now and you should too. It's all trash. But good communities with commentary and solid rules? Real back and forth, articles with instant skepticism and poignant additions? Way more valuable and interesting. That's why I keep coming back. Thanks for commenting, everyone. ~~~ [1] Sometimes if there is someone I think makes a lot of great contributions, I'll go to their comments page and read the last few comments they made, example: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=gwern https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=gwern Sadly almost all the users I really liked have stopped commenting. [2] A good example of what I'm talking about is the Boston Review article that this article is complaining about: http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/09/in-favor-of-futurism-being-about-the-future/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/09/in-favor-of-futurism-be... (I think the whole SSC article is worth reading)