Funny part is that the variety of posts here is what keeps me checking into HN on a daily basis. I started reading HN when we were working on "web startup stuff

Funny part is that the variety of posts here is what keeps me checking into HN on a daily basis. I started reading HN when we were working on "web startup stuff," but have continued to because it exposes me to novel arguments, thinking, and standpoints that I might not have been exposed to otherwise. The reason that I link to my posts here (and this is one of the very few places I do) is to bring them to another audience (generally designers frequent ideasonideas more than anyone else), and to try and open up new discussions and access varied opinions. If I'm out of line in posting this sort of thing here, please do feel free to say so, and vote it down. That being said, I wouldn't have made note of it, if I didn't think the topic was worthy of exploration and discussion. I will argue your last point, though. The notion that, "people who were sympathetic are going to remain sympathetic, people who were hostile are going to remain hostile." I'm one of those people who would have once taken a completely different standpoint on such an issue. With time, though, as I've been exposed to others thoughts on the topic, it has become harder to hold on to those ideas. It's the fact that people kept "bugging me" with these sorts of discussions that forced me to reconsider my positions. It seems to me that the HN community is one that needs to talk about these sorts of things, just as much as funding, coding, success, and all the rest. These issues are going to become increasingly important in both our lives and careers.