> So I'm personally trying to foster microenterprise as part of the solution to what has gone wrong. We need more small time operators. I agree, and I've alway

> So I'm personally trying to foster microenterprise as part of the solution to what has gone wrong. We need more small time operators. I agree, and I've always preferred smaller companies to larger ones. Unfortunately, I didn't always know that about myself. There's likely more I don't know that I "should". In tech, and especially on here, there's a strong bias for the VC-funded growth-at-all costs business model. That of course, leads quickly to large organization. Fortunately, there are people who post here that support small businesses that stay small and share their experiences. > And yet in the past year, a lot of things I have been saying on HN for nearly 9 years are suddenly being parroted in various "movements" or whatever. I'd consider that as an encouraging sign, if not success. Someone is getting the message (if not directly from you)! > There's other stuff I do. I wouldn't know how to explain it all You shouldn't even have to. Just doing it is enough. What I would hope you do on here is suggest what believe other people need to do to help and, more importantly, the mechanism by which it will help. > I routinely get dismissed by people saying "No, you didn't actually do X. You are deluded." If someone posts an ad-hominem attack like that, I do urge you to flag it. Even a "shallow" dismissal, with no explanation or reasoning, like even just the first sentence of the above quote could be worthy of a flag. The moderators here are pretty good about keeping a lid on that sort of thing. On the other hand, I also urge you not to take personally a disagreement, attack, or even a dismissal (with reasoning behind it) of your statement.